Pros and Cons of  The New Deal for Minorities

PROS

CONS

African Americans

 - Mrs Roosevelt used her position to protest against discrimination

- the "Black Cabinet" was created

- Robert Weaver becomes first black cabinet member

 - racial discrimination didn't end

 - no civil rights reforms were passed in the 30s 

 - still didn't receive equal wages 

 - many black sharecroppers were evicted from farms who no longer needed their help because the government wanted fewer crops