The segregated origins of social security
Subtitle: African Americans and the welfare state
By: Mary Poole.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780807830246; 9780807856888
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; Depressions -- 1929 -- United States; New Deal, 1933-1939; United States -- Social policy; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: So now Mr. President, we are looking for something : African Americans, the Social Security Act, and the Great Depression; title: The not-so-solid South : southern Democrats in Congress; title: Colorblind public policy : the staff of the Committee on Economic Security; title: Shaky ground : Black and interracial organizations; title: Gender and the white united front : the women of the federal Children's Bureau; title: Conclusion : those old discriminatory practices.