Article from 1933 about an NAACP investigation into how the minimum wage provisions of the New Deal were leading to widescale disemployment effects among the black workforce.

Article from 1933 about an NAACP investigation into how the minimum wage provisions of the New Deal were leading to widescale disemployment effects among the black workforce.

Anyone who knows the history of the minimum wage, of course, also knows this was by design. pic.twitter.com/FQoxcgyiAt

— Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) April 1, 2022