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  1. Il y a 4 jours · The Works Progress Administration gave jobs to many African Americans, and its Federal Writers’ Project supported the work of many Black authors, among them Zora Neale Hurston, Arna Bontemps, Waters Turpin, and Melvin B. Tolson.

  2. Il y a 1 jour · Roosevelt consolidated the various relief organizations, though some, like the PWA, continued to exist. After winning Congressional authorization for further funding of relief efforts, he established the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

  3. Il y a 4 jours · One part consisted of a $3.3-billion appropriation for public works, to be spent by the Public Works Administration (PWA). Had this money been poured rapidly into the economy, it might have done much to stimulate recovery.

  4. Il y a 3 jours · One of the best known, and perhaps least understood, series titles is The American Guide Series which was produced under the direction of the Federal Writer's Project, an agency of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

  5. Il y a 4 jours · The Federal Art Project (1935-1943) was a New Deal program to fund America’s arts projects under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It sustained some 10,000 artists during the Great Depression.

  6. Il y a 2 jours · Roosevelt expanded Herbert Hoover's Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) work relief program and added the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Public Works Administration (PWA) and starting in 1935 the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

  7. Il y a 5 jours · National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent federal agency created by the U.S. Congress in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations Act (also called the Wagner Act ). The act was amended in 1947 through the Taft-Hartley Act and in 1959 through the Landrum-Griffin Act.