African Americans and the War Bond Efforts in New Orleans
America’s involvement in WWII was a costly one and the government spent around $300 billion — more than $4 trillion in today’s money. The government looked to its citizens for assistance in financing the war by issuing savings bonds. Purchasing “war bonds,” as they were popularly called, was a way for an American citizen to invest money by lending it to the government for war efforts. In the George Longe papers at the Amistad Research Center, one can find photographs, ephemer