Then i think if you were a doctor or a nurse you could get a car and that was it, five years or so. Okay. Thank you so very much. I so appreciate your time. Thankim gray brecon. Im founder and project scholar of the living new deal, which is sort of nominally based in the bay, although now we are spreading out and it began actually about 15 years ago. I was to write a book about what the wpa did in california, and then you fall down this rabbit hole and you find that theres everything else. And its a its a universe. So now what we are is a National Team that is identifying, mapping and interpreting the physical legacy of, the new deal, which is absolutely colossal. Its all around us. Its indispensable, able, but we dont see it. And thats accidental. So what were doing, we have a very active chapter in new york city, some of whom are here today. And what were doing is excavating a lost civilization. Its what i call the lost ethical language of new deal, public works. These objects which
Didnt make didnt switch. So i think the last domestic produced came off the runway i think it like i think was may 42. But by after pearl harbor, they had, of course, Popular Support to get it only. So theyre only making cars for the military and. Then i think if you were a doctor or a nurse you could get a car and that was it, five years or so. Okay. Thank you so very much. I so appreciate your time. Thankim gray brecon. Im founder and project scholar of the living new deal, which is sort of nominally based in the bay, although now we are spreading out and it began actually about 15 years ago. I was to write a book about what the wpa did in california, and then you fall down this rabbit hole and you find that theres everything else. And its a its a universe. So now what we are is a National Team that is identifying, mapping and interpreting the physical legacy of, the new deal, which is absolutely colossal. Its all around us. Its indispensable, able, but we dont see it. And thats acci
So thank you. Today id like to welcome a good friend jill watts. And she is. Shes conducted Much Research here at the library, and shes a Professor Emeritus of history at california state university, san marcos, where she teaches courses on black history and social and political history. United states. Shes written extensively, including hattie mcdaniel, black ambition, white hollywood, mae west, an icon in black and white and god. Harlem, usa, the Father Divine story, which has its own sort of local connections, in a way, jills book, the black homeowner, about which shell be speaking today, is the black cabinet the untold story of africanamericans in politics during the age of roosevelt. And shes recently served on the external Advisory Committee for our special exhibition, black americans civil rights and the roosevelts 1932 to 1962, which i encourage you all to go see jill speak 30 minutes or so and then shell take questions from the audience and. We sure are happy to have you here
Of the state. Where people had their social networks, their continuities. One of the interesting things has come out of those ofnections was a kind leadership out of a black congregation, particularly the clergy. In this discussion, i am going ,o talk too much about men but males have dominated in some ways the kind of conversation about american politics for a number of reasons as we can see. Let us see if my little thing works. Let us try that again. A host ofare characters. I will not talk about all of them. There are some things that i really want you to Pay Attention to. One, it says Indigenous Community organizations. Black churches are Indigenous Community organizations. By the it is controlled people at the very lowest level. At the ground level. I dont mean that in terms of status but at the ground level. Thatherefore, you can see it creates its own organic leadership. A leadership that belongs to its own community. About that aalk little more, these terms, ecclesial politics.
Good afternoon. Want to build on what we began to talk about last week. On monday. Africanamericans have a civil society, and that is a civil society, i mean a wherey outside the state people had social networks, continuities good continuities. One of the interesting things that has come out of those connections is a kind of leadership out of a black congregation, particularly the. Lergy in the suspicion, i will talk to much about men, but males have dominated in some ways the kind of conversation about american politics for a number of reasons, as we can see. We can see if this will work, lets try this again. So there are a host of characters, im not going to talk about all of them, but there are some things i really want you to Pay Attention to. One, Indigenous Community organization. Black churches are Indigenous Community organizations. It is indigenous because it is controlled by the people at the very lowest level, at the ground level. I dont mean that low in terms of status, but