General Information
New Deal Inclusion
"In this section, we summarize the achievements of the New Deal that helped bring marginalized and racialized Americans into the mainstream and advance the causes of racial justice and gender equality. We focus on eight groups: elders, women, disabled, and Jewish refugees, plus the four major racial categories, African-Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Native Americans."
https://livingnewdeal.org/what-was-the-new-deal/new-deal-inclusion/
"In this section, we summarize the achievements of the New Deal that helped bring marginalized and racialized Americans into the mainstream and advance the causes of racial justice and gender equality. We focus on eight groups: elders, women, disabled, and Jewish refugees, plus the four major racial categories, African-Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Native Americans."
https://livingnewdeal.org/what-was-the-new-deal/new-deal-inclusion/
African Americans
Last Hired, First Fired: How the Great Depression Affected African Americans
While no group escaped the economic devastation of the Great Depression, few suffered more than African Americans, who experienced the highest unemployment rate during the 1930s.
https://www.history.com/news/last-hired-first-fired-how-the-great-depression-affected-african-americans
African Americans Face Systematic Obstacles to Getting Good Jobs (2019)
Despite an improved labor market, Black Americans still can’t obtain well-paying, stable jobs with quality benefits.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/african-americans-face-systematic-obstacles-getting-good-jobs/
The Great Depression: Impact on African American families
https://www.amistadresource.org/plantation_to_ghetto/the_great_depression.html
With Primary Sources:Excerpt from Negro Workers and Organized Labor by Jesse O. Thomas.Excerpt from Ghost Town Almost: The Depression Hits a Negro Town.
While no group escaped the economic devastation of the Great Depression, few suffered more than African Americans, who experienced the highest unemployment rate during the 1930s.
https://www.history.com/news/last-hired-first-fired-how-the-great-depression-affected-african-americans
African Americans Face Systematic Obstacles to Getting Good Jobs (2019)
Despite an improved labor market, Black Americans still can’t obtain well-paying, stable jobs with quality benefits.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/african-americans-face-systematic-obstacles-getting-good-jobs/
The Great Depression: Impact on African American families
https://www.amistadresource.org/plantation_to_ghetto/the_great_depression.html
With Primary Sources:Excerpt from Negro Workers and Organized Labor by Jesse O. Thomas.Excerpt from Ghost Town Almost: The Depression Hits a Negro Town.
Women
Asian Americans
Quiet Odyssey: A Pioneer Korean Woman in America
By. Mary Paik Lee
https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Odyssey-Classics-American-Literature/dp/0295746726/ref=asc_df_0295746726/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459515113368&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13744837995201851531&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004325&hvtargid=pla-955065441242&psc=1
Depression Era: 1930s: Chinatown: De Facto Segregation
http://picturethis.museumca.org/timeline/depression-era-1930s/chinese-american-culture/info
Asian Americans and the New Deal – and the Second World War
https://livingnewdeal.org/what-was-the-new-deal/new-deal-inclusion/asian-americans-and-the-new-deal-and-the-second-world-war/
By. Mary Paik Lee
https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Odyssey-Classics-American-Literature/dp/0295746726/ref=asc_df_0295746726/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459515113368&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13744837995201851531&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004325&hvtargid=pla-955065441242&psc=1
Depression Era: 1930s: Chinatown: De Facto Segregation
http://picturethis.museumca.org/timeline/depression-era-1930s/chinese-american-culture/info
Asian Americans and the New Deal – and the Second World War
https://livingnewdeal.org/what-was-the-new-deal/new-deal-inclusion/asian-americans-and-the-new-deal-and-the-second-world-war/