Place students into pairs and assign each pair one of the Black leaders or Black-led organizations below.

• The Black Cabinet
• A. Philip Randolph
• Walter White
• Mary McLeod Bethune
• Langston Hughes
• The NAACP
• Tuskegee Airmen
• Howard University

Have students use the internet to research the following questions:

• How did your leader or group contribute to the New Deal or the Double Victory campaign?
• What were the key accomplishments of your leader or group?
• What challenges or setbacks did your leader or group face and/or overcome?
• How should we remember the legacy or your leader or group today?

Each pair creates a campaign flier for their leader. Their goal is to highlight their leaders’ accomplishments and views. Have the students share their posters with the class and discuss the following questions together:

• In what ways did the New Deal and the Double Victory campaign engender Black pride and expanded knowledge of Black culture, history, art, and literature?
• What were the contributions of Black leaders, citizens, and civic groups to public policy, legal reform, justice and public safety during the Great Depression, New Deal, and World War II?