Why role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in advancing the cause of racial equality in the 1930s?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
Answer:
1. Explain that Eleanor Roosevelt was a Progressive era reformer and a woman who sympathized with the struggle of African-American people.
2. Note that she met with black leaders, spoke out on black issues, and tried to convince her husband to create specific legislation to assist poor and jobless African Americans.
3. Note as well that Eleanor Roosevelt convinced the president to appoint black people to important political positions, defied Jim Crow laws, wrote newspaper columns, and resigned her membership with the Daughters of the American Revolution when they refused to allow African-American opera singer Marian Anderson to perform at one of their events.
4. Conclude by pointing out that Eleanor Roosevelt was instrumental in convincing black voters to support Roosevelt en masse in 1936.
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