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The New Deal In Georgia: Oral History Research Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
The New Deal In Georgia: Oral History Research Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
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This collection contains materials from an oral history research project on the New Deal in Georgia conducted in 1987 by Marchanita R. Coleman as part of Dr. R. Frank Saunders’ historiography course. Materials include a typed final report, oral history interview audiocassette tapes, and one photograph. Interviews are with African American residents of Liberty and Chatham County who lived during the Great Depression or remember the New Deal era in Georgia.
Brief Study Of Working Conditions Of Colored Citizens In New Orleans Louisiana, Ernest J. Wright
Brief Study Of Working Conditions Of Colored Citizens In New Orleans Louisiana, Ernest J. Wright
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis, submitted to the faculty of Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a bachelor's degree in 1933, documents the working and economic conditions of Black citizens in New Orleans, Louisiana during the Great Depression. The study presents occupational wage data across trades including bricklaying, carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work, as well as domestic service, professional fields, and the insurance industry. Unemployment relief statistics for the Black population of Louisiana are documented, including data on the number of workers receiving relief and average relief payments as of February 1933. The thesis examines the Longshoremen's Organization in detail, tracing …