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An Ambivalent Legacy: Black Americans and the Political Economy of the New Deal
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An Ambivalent Legacy: Black Americans and the Political Economy of the New Deal

Paul Moreno
The independent review (Oakland, Calif.), Vol.6(4), pp.513-539
01/04/2002

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Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: U.S., Canada: 1913- (N42) Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S., Canada: 1913- (N32) Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants, Non-labor Discrimination (J15) Northern America U.S
The New Deal brought a sweeping political realignment as African Americans shifted allegiance from the GOP, their historic home since Reconstruction, to the Democratic Party. Despite the New Deal's popularity, however, its policies seldom helped and often hindered black progress.

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