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Because poverty was the main focus of early social work, it was intricately linked with the idea of charity work. [11] (Today, it is common for social workers to find themselves dealing with consequences arising from other social problems such as racism, sexism, homophobia, and discrimination based on age or on physical or mental disability.)
An immediate response was a shift in the Black vote in Northern cities from the GOP to the Democrats (blacks seldom voted in the South.) [151] In Southern states where few Black people voted, Black leaders seized the opportunity to work inside the new federal agencies as social workers and administrators, with an eye to preparing a new ...
The American social security system (1949) comprehensive old overview. Burns, Eveline M. Toward Social Security: An Explanation of the Social Security Act and a Survey of the Larger Issues (1936) online; Davies, Gareth, and Martha Derthick. "Race and social welfare policy: The Social Security Act of 1935." Political Science Quarterly 112.2 ...
Black history should not be confined to a few famous faces and relegated to one month a year. It must be interwoven into our history lessons, because it is an intrinsic part of our history.
November 1 – SNCC workers Charles Sherrod and Cordell Reagon and nine Chatmon Youth Council members test new ICC rules at Trailways bus station in Albany, Georgia. [67] November 17 – SNCC workers help encourage and coordinate black activism in Albany, Georgia, culminating in the founding of the Albany Movement as a formal coalition. [67]
Black studies or Africana studies (with nationally specific terms, such as African American studies and Black Canadian studies), is an interdisciplinary academic field that primarily focuses on the study of the history, culture, and politics of the peoples of the African diaspora and Africa.
Black History Month began as merely a week back in 1926 thanks to the efforts of one man: Carter G. Woodson. A scholar and teacher, Woodson was the second Black American to receive a Ph.D. from ...
OPINION: Throughout history, Black people have demonstrated the power and effectiveness of working together to grow their communities, which reflects the fourth principle of Kwanzaa, Ujamaa ...