[The Negro in American Life]
Extent and Medium
1 electronic resource (33 pages)
Creator(s)
- United States Information Agency (issuing body)
Scope and Content
The file contains the copy of a booklet published by the United States Information Agency in 1950 or 1951. The booklet consists of a first introducing text to the situation of African American people in the United States. The second part of the book presents pictures aiming to show the improvement of the African Americans’ social situation through professional, cultural, and social initiatives. The biography of public figures of African American background is presented as a result of an ever improving situation. The booklet describes the discrimination against the African American population in the United States as a contradiction to the Nation’s democratic principles. In the same time, the democratic political system is being described as an instrument to overcome this discrimination against African American people through education and legislation.
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Electronic access only
Electronic text and image data Jerusalem Yad Vashem 2015
Title viewed: 8/12/2020
People
- Johnson, Mordecai W., (Mordecai Wyatt), 1890-1976
- Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
- Jones, Edith Irby, 1927-2019
Subjects
- Racism--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Racism--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Racism--United States--History--20th century.
Places
- United States--Ethnic relations--Public opinion.
- United States--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.