Black Culture and the New Deal: The Quest for Civil Rights in the Roosevelt Era

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BLACK CULTURE AND THE NEW DEAL BLACK CULTURE AND THE NEW DEAL The Quest for Civil Rights in the Roosevelt Era LAUREN REBECCA SKLAROFF The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sklaroff, Lauren Rebecca. Black culture and the New Deal : the quest for civil rights in the Roosevelt era / Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8078-3312-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. African Americans—Intellectual life—20th century. 2. African Americans—Civil rights—History—20th century. 3. New Deal, 1933–1939. 4. United States— Politics and government—1933–1945. 5. United States—Race relations—Political aspects—History— 20th century. 6. Social change—United States— History—20th century. 7. United States—Cultural policy—History—20th century. 8. Art and state— United States—History—20th century. I. Title. E185.6.S62 2009 323.1196073—dc22 2009018548 Earlier versions of parts of this book were previously published: Sklaroff, Lauren R., “Constructing G.I. Joe Louis: Cultural Solutions to the ‘Negro Problem’ during World War II,” Journal of American History 89, no. 3 (2002): 958–83; and Sklaroff, Lauren R., “Variety for the Servicemen: The Jubilee Radio Show and the Paradox of Racializing Radio during World War II,” American Quarterly 56, no. 4 (2004): 945–73, © The Johns Hopkins University Press. Used with permission. 13 12 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1© 2009 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS All rights reserved Designed by Kim Bryant Set in Arnhem by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. for JIM with MUCH LOVE ...