African American training school United States. Works Progress Administration United States. National Youth Administration Building--Georgia--Bibb County Bricklaying--Georgia--Bibb County Bricklayers--Georgia--Bibb County Construction workers--Georgia--Bibb County African American construction workers--Georgia--Bibb County Men--Georgia--Bibb County African American men--Georgia--Bibb County African American schools--Georgia--Bibb County Bricks--Georgia--Bibb County Tools--Georgia--Bibb County Wheelbarrows--Georgia--Bibb County Photograph of workers constructing an African American training school in Bibb County, Georgia in 1936. Three African American construction workers are laying brick, two are standing in front of a low brick wall, and one is digging with a pickax. Brick support pillars have been installed, and the space for the foundation has been cleared out. Brick walls are beginning to rise from this space. Among the major achievements of New Deal programs in Georgia was the work of the National Youth Administration (NYA). Pushed and guided by the first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, the NYA worked across racial lines to encourage the state's young women and African American teenagers of both sexes to pursue an education. Broad in scope and remarkably egalitarian, the NYA offered hard-to-find jobs to students who needed financial help to stay in school. New Georgia Encyclopedia Hargrett Library Black-and-white photographs http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-3394 Works Progress Administration in Georgia, 1936 - Photographs, Ms 996, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2733 Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia 1936 Bibb County (Ga.) Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries If you wish to use any Hargrett Library Materials (whole or in part) for publication in electronic or any other form, you must obtain the specific written permission of both the owner of the physical property and the holder of the copyright.