A strong or weak state? Race and the US federal government in the 1920s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2150624 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Desmond King (0000-0002-8763-2179, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-47 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/014198798330089 |
| OpenAlex | W1989448607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
In the decades between 1896 and the mid-1960s it was unusual for the federal government to act to defend or advance Black Americans' interests. In this article two such rare instances are analysed. Both occurred in the 1920s, a decade with a distinctive political complexion. In 1923 Black Americans called upon the federal government's Veterans Bureau [VB] to make good its assurance that African Americans would staff a newly opened hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama, for blacks. At the end of the decade, the Superintendent of Prisons was petitioned to abrogate the new practice at the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, of leasing out exclusively Black American prisoners to local governments for contract work. Each case was formulated and justified within the prejudicial framework of segregated race relations, but Black Americans sought fair treatment within its unsalubrious confines. The cases demonstrate the capacity of the federal government to act on racial issues when political circumstances permitted
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| Citations per year | 0.12 |
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| Citation span | 2001 - 2016 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |