Of all of the federal arts projects created in 1935 the federal writers project fwp held the dubious distinction of being considered the ugly duckling of the lot1 a certain amount of public distrust surrounded a project intended to benefit the rather ill defined category of white collar workers known as writers perceived by many as boondogglers or slackers on the relief rolls. Long past slavery is an incisive and well documented history of racial representation in the federal writers project stewart pays close attention to power differentials between federal and state level officials state level white administrators and black project workers and white and black interviewers and their elderly ex slave informants. The narratives of formerly enslaved african americans collected by employees of the new deal federal writers project fwp have been key sources for the hist we use cookies to enhance your experience on our websiteby continuing to use our website you are agreeing to our use of cookies. This item long past slavery representing race in the federal writers project by catherine a stewart paperback 2995 available to ship in 1 2 days ships from and sold by amazoncom