Social Security…for all?

FDR’s plan for Social Security had to be implemented with a variety of legislators with different agendas. One of the groups needed for passage was southern white Democrats. In order to appease this group exemptions for domestic servants and farm hands were included in the final bill. This was specifically intended to discriminate against the black population.

(Book – The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope)

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