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Depression Intensifies the Race Problem [Decimalized .01-.02]

Commission on Interracial Cooperation pamphlet, "Depression Intensifies the Race Problem," 20 pages; includes a typed letter signed from Robert Russa Moton, chairman of the commission. New York: Stabilization Fund of the Commission on Interracial...

GLC09589

Depression Intensifies the Race Problem

Details racial conflict during the Great Depression. The pamphlet sites the shortage of jobs and migration as a primary aggravators of increased tension to which the Commission dedicates their legal work. The Commission solicits donations and...

GLC09589.01

to Mrs. Webster Knight

The letter is soliciting a donation from Mrs. Knight of Providence, Rhode Island. The letter is meant to accompany the pamphlet on lynching, insinuating that the statistics published are shocking. The letter is typed with a letterhead of the...

GLC09589.02