Problem
Write a 1 - 2 5-sentence paragraph response to the following:
Political commentator Tavis Smiley once said that when America catches a cold, black America catches pneumonia. Nowhere was this instance truer than during the Great Depression. Discuss the effect of the New Deal on the African-American community. Why did blacks generally not benefit from New Deal programs as much as whites? Was the flaw in the programs themselves or in the way in which the programs were administered? What does the history of New Deal programs suggest about the possibilities and limits of the federal government's power to affect social change?
The response should include a reference list. Using double-space, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.