FDR and the
African-American
Voters of 1944

A Deepening Disappointment
with the New Deal

from Yank Magazine, 1944

This article is a segment from a longer piece regarding the 1944 presidential election and the widespread disillusionment held by many Black voters regarding the failings of FDR and his administration:

"...the Negro vote, about two million strong, is shifting back into the Republican column."

The report is largely based upon the observations of one HARPER'S MAGAZINE correspondent named Earl Brown.