Event

Pages through History--The Black Cabinet: Online Event

Wednesday, February 23, 2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Zoom Event

We're discussing Jill Watts's account of the New Deal and the trailblazing Black Americans who worked to ensure New Deal programs supported Black people and communities across the United States.

The New Deal of the 1930s was one of the transformative moments in U.S. history. But all too often, it was a reflection of America's pathologies as well as its strengths. Nearly every concession New Deal programs made to the needs of African Americans came about through the tireless pushing of the academics, activists, and federal employees who coalesced around the remarkable figure of Mary McLeod Bethune.

Long overshadowed by the Civil Rights movement a generation later, this informal group of trailblazers gets its due in Watts's The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics during the Age of Roosevelt.

This book is available in print and as an eBook on Hoopla.

Limited to 12 participants. You will receive the Zoom link in your confirmation email. If you have questions about this event after registration has closed, please email the events team or call the library at 847-673-7774.

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