A Dictionary of American History

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Author: Thomas L. Purvis  | Date: 1995

Black Cabinet

Black Cabinet This term refers to a group of black public figures, both in and outside the federal government, who advised Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt on issues concerning minority problems during the New Deal. The Black Cabinet’s main accomplishment was to press the administration into ordering federal agencies and defense contractors to eliminate job discrimination; its most prominent members were Mary McLeod Bethune and Robert Weaver.

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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Black Cabinet," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H15TI39DIWQDXBD.

MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Black Cabinet." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H15TI39DIWQDXBD.

Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Black Cabinet' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H15TI39DIWQDXBD.