Bourke-White, Margaret. “At the Time of the Flood In Louisville Kentucky, 1937.” Life magazine. The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation.
An Unequal Recovery
In order to pass his expansive agenda, President Roosevelt brought together a fragile coalition that included midwestern farmers, northern businessmen, racist white southerners, and urban working-class voters. As a result, many New Deal programs had exemptions and compromises built in, including explicit exclusions of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color. While the New Deal brought relief and stability to many white Americans, including once-excluded European immigrants and their descendants, economic recovery remained illusory for people of color. Photographer Margaret Bourke-White captured these contradictions in her 1937 photo of Black flood victims in Louisville seeking emergency food aid.
Where is it located in the Museum?
Museum Map
LOBBY
THE
WISHING
TREE
WISHING
TREE
THE SNAP CAFÉ
AUDITORIUM
TERRACE RESTAURANT
The Hunger Museum
We Can Solve Hunger —
The Proof is in Our History
The Proof is in Our History
- 1.Welcome
- 2.Museum Lobby
- 3.The Age of Mass Migration - Landing
- 4.The Age of Mass Migration - Main
- 5.Immigration from Europe
- 6.On the Breadline
- 7.Beginnings
- 8.An Unequal Recovery
- 9.Hunger, Justice, and Civil Rights - Landing
- 10.Hunger, Justice, and Civil Rights - Main
- 11.Walk for Decent Welfare (Columbus, OH)
- 12.Televising the War on Hunger - Landing
- 13.Televising the War on Hunger - Main
- 14.President Lyndon B. Johnson
- 15.Senator George McGovern and Senator Robert Dole
- 16.Dr. Jean Mayer and the White House Conference
- 17.1975-1996: The Unmaking of the Great Society
- 18.Government Cheese
- 19.The Welfare Queen
- 20.The Return of the Welfare Queen
- 21.Crises of New Proportions - Landing
- 22.Crises of New Proportions - Main
- 23.COVID-19
- 24.Welcome to the SNAP Café
- 25.SNAP Cafe – Create a meal
- 26.Wishing Tree
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger