To Ask for an Equal Chance: African Americans in the Great Depression

by Cheryl Lynn Greenberg

Book Overview

The Great Depression hit Americans hard, but none harder than African Americans and the working poor. To Ask for an Equal Chance explores black experiences during this period and the intertwined challenges posed by race and class. "Last hired, first fired," black workers lost their jobs at twice the rate of whites, and faced greater obstacles in their search for economic security. Black workers, who were generally urban newcomers, impoverished and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742551881
• ISBN13: 9780742551886
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"