African American Activism
In the 1930s, there was huge growth in the number of African American Activists. During the New Deal, President Roosevelt also appointed 100 African Americans to key government positions.was one of these appointees. She was a teacher who was devoted to promoting opportunities for young African Americans. Mary made sure that the NYA was fair to minorities, especially African Americans. She did this by making sure that African Americans were hired and were given job training and benefits. Eleanor Roosevelt played a very key part in getting opportunities for African Americans in the government. She is also responsible for a performance by an African American singer, Marian Anderson in 1939, which was a major cultural event in America.
Ella Baker was another great African American Activist in the 1930s. She fought mostly towards the American Civil Rights Movement, which was aimed towards outlawing racial discrimination. George Schuyler founded the Young Negroes' Cooperative League (YNCL). The goal of the YNCL was to get economic power to African Americans. Baker befriended Schuyler and then she became the national director for the YNCL. Ella Baker also worked for the Works Progress Administration in the Worker's Education Project. She taught classes in the areas of African American history, labor history, and consumer education while working for the WPA.
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