Category: New Deal Era

“WE WORK AGAIN:” African Americans and the Federal Work Programs during the Great Depression

by Ligon, posted in Great Migration, Labor, New Deal Era

Today’s blog was written by Kevin L. Bradley, Archives Technician in the Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Division at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland   The economic hardship of the Great Depression affected everybody, but it was especially harsh for African Americans who were already suffering from unfair employment, housing, and educational practices. … Continue reading “WE WORK AGAIN:” African Americans and the Federal Work Programs during the Great Depression

Family, Farming, and Community: Photographs of African American Life in Putnam County, Georgia in 1941

by Ligon, posted in Black Women, Finding Aids, Labor, New Deal Era, World War II Era

Today’s Blog is written by Barbara Lewis Burger, a retired National Archives Still Picture Senior Archivist. A significant percentage of African Americans lived in rural communities until the middle of the 20th century.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 1900, the black population was slightly more than 8.8 million or 11.6% of the U.S. … Continue reading Family, Farming, and Community: Photographs of African American Life in Putnam County, Georgia in 1941