The segregated origins of social security : African Americans and the welfare state /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Poole, Mary, 1960-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2006]
Subjects:	African Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century. African Americans > Government policy > History > 20th century. African Americans > Segregation > History > 20th century. Social security > United States > History > 20th century. Welfare state > United States > History > 20th century. Racism > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century. United States > Social policy. United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945. Depressions > 1929 > United States. New Deal, 1933-1939.
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So now Mr. President, we are looking for something : African Americans, the Social Security Act, and the Great Depression
The not-so-solid South : southern Democrats in Congress
Colorblind public policy : the staff of the Committee on Economic Security
Shaky ground : Black and interracial organizations
Gender and the white united front : the women of the federal Children's Bureau
Conclusion : those old discriminatory practices.