Nancy L. Grant: TVA and Black Americans

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Examines the treatment of blacks as employees and clients in Franklin Roosevelt�s "boldest and most liberal social planning experiment"<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877226260&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="633_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>TVA and Black Americans</h1> <H2>Planning for the Status Quo</H2> <h3>Nancy L. Grant</h3> <P>cloth 0-87722-626-1 $51.95, Oct 89, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT> <BR> 240 pp </P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"An impressive...study showing how racism tarnished an outstanding showpiece of the New Deal and impaired the proclaimed aspirations of New Deal Agency administrators."</I> <br>&#151<b>Richard Lowitt</b><I></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <p>During the New Deal and World War II, the Tennessee Valley Authority was economically limited by marginal farmlands and industry-poor cities, and socially defined by an Upper South society segregated by race in education, employment, and social services. <I>TVA and Black Americans</I> examines the treatment of blacks as employees and clients in Franklin Roosevelt�s "boldest and most liberal social planning experiment." In her critical study, Nancy Grant contends that TVA planned for a future revitalized valley that included blacks primarily in traditionally subordinate economic and social positions. <p>Throughout her study, Grant details the largely unsuccessful efforts of national and Valley civil rights organizations, the Fair Employment Practices Committee, and progressive TVA employees to change TVA�s racial policies. She reveals the harsh reality for blacks of limited job opportunities, unequal distribution of social and educational services, and institutionalized racism within TVA. Tracing the changes in attitudes and procedures from 1933 to 1945, Grant reexamines the history of a Southern government agency that was known for its liberalism and experimentation in social and regional planning and challenges that reputation. <BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p> <BR> <h2>Reviews</h2> <p><I>"[This book] should have broad appeal to historians of race relations, the New Deal, and the Twentieth Century South, as well as individuals interested in employment policy and discrimination."</I> <br>&#151<b>Patricia Sullivan</b>, Center for the Study of Civil Rights, University of Virginia <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>Acknowledgments <br>Introduction <br>1. The Promise <br>2. The Reality <br>3. Hiring and Promotions for Blacks <br>4. Regional and Community Development <br>5. Critics of TVA's Racial Policies <br>6. The Fair Employment Practices Committee <br>7. Beyond the New Deal <br>Notes <br>Bibliography <br>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>Nancy L. Grant</b> is Associate Professor of History at Dartmouth College.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/african.html" TARGET="_top">African American Studies</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/history.html" TARGET="_top">History</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/political.html" TARGET="_top">Political Science and Public Policy</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877226260&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. All Rights Reserved. http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/633_reg.html</font></p>