African Americans, Gilded Age and New Deal

Who was the NAACP secretary 1933?

Walter White

How many jobs did the New Deal provide African Americans?

1 million

How many public housing units did the New Deal provide African Americans?

50,000

how much money did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) spend on work relief, and how many did it employ?

$11 billion, 8 million people

who headed the Negro Affairs division in the National Youth Administration?

Mary McLeod Bethune

by 1935 how many African Americans was the WPA employing and by 1939 how much had this risen too?

350,000 to 1 million

roughly what fraction of all federal housing went to black people?

1/3rd

between 1933-38 by what % did black employment through the Civilian Conservation Corps rise?

8%

how many African Americans lost their jobs as a result of the minimum wage act in the National Recovery Act?

500,000

how many acres of cotton fields were ploughed up and how many piglets were killed as a result of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency?

10 million acres and 6 million piglets

roughly how many African American sharecroppers were displaced after the AAA?

200,000

How many African American farmers received no federal aid?

6 million

what % of African Americans worked in jobs excluded by the National Recovery Agency?

75%

By 1936, what % of African Americans voted Democrat?

75%

by 1935 what % of African American families were on relief?

30%

what did FDR's government become known as?

the 'Black Cabinet'

who was the first African American judge?

Hastie

to what rank did FDR promote a black man?

Brigadier General in the Army

Which figures were supported by federal arts projects?

Lena Horne, Duke Ellington and Richard Wright

how many African Americans were taught literacy skills through federal educational programmes?

over 1 million

how many people were lynched in 1930 compared to 1934?

20 which had risen to 24

when did the boll weevil damage cotton crop?

1892

by 1910 what % of agricultural land was sharecropped?

75%

in 1910 what % of African Americans owned their own land?

25%

by 1915 how many southern black buisnesses were there?

over 30,000

name an example of Southern black buisnesses?

North Carolina Mutual Life Assurance Company 1889

in 1900 what % of Blacks lived in the South?

90%

When was the Plessy vs. Ferguson case?

1896

in 1896 how many African Americans voted in Louisiana?

130,000

In 1900 how many African Americans voted in Louisiana?

5,300

how much less did African Americans earn compared to Whites?

two thirds

When was the Supreme Court Case Gaines V. Canada?

1938