Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Youth Administration: A Case Study of Power Relationships in the Black Cabinet of Franklin D. Roosevelt

@article{Ross1975MaryMB,
  title={Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Youth Administration: A Case Study of Power Relationships in the Black Cabinet of Franklin D. Roosevelt},
  author={B. Ross},
  journal={The Journal of Negro History},
  year={1975},
  volume={60},
  pages={1 - 28}
}
  • B. Ross
  • Published 1975
  • Sociology
  • The Journal of Negro History
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Files of the Division of Negro Affairs, NYA Archives. For examples of the flow of correspondence between white officials regarding Negro affairs see Gerald Barnes to
  • 1936
1941, Files of the Regional Directors, NYA Archives. For examples of the actual duties and activities of Regional Negro Affairs Representatives see Ralph W. Bullock to Bethune
    Administrative Files; Bethune to Richard R. Brown, memo
    • Files of the Division of Negro Affairs
    Bethune's advice. See, for example, Bethune to Richard Brown
      Files of the Regional Directors, NYA Archives. For Negroes' importance to the war effort in relationship to the NYA see, for example
      • Summary of Conference on the Negro in New Jersey Defense Program
      Illinois NYA) to Richard Brown
      • Administrative, Budget, and Personnel Correspondence Files, NYA Archives. At times, national executives overruled state directors on Mrs
      Prayer (Executive Secretary, Asbury Park
      • N.J. Urban League) to Aubrey Williams
      Report Covering First Six Months of the Work of the Office of Negro Affairs National Youth Administration
        State Director
        • Alabama NYA) to Richard R. Brown
        examples of black pressure for more Negro officials on the state and local levels see Saddler to Brown