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• The Great Depression Part 1 of 7 – A Job at Ford’s Created on Sunday, 03 May 2009 00:00 The world's largest industrial center goes from boom to bust leading to civil unrest in the first part of the best documentary series ever made about the 1930's depression in America. This little known series documents much unknown American history, from the socialist campaign of Upton Sinclair to the Republic Steel massacre […]
• The Great Depression Part 5 of 7 – Mean Things Happening Created on Monday, 04 May 2009 18:14 The New Deal appears to favor the wealthy and the horrors of the plantation system, as tenant farmers and sharecroppers begin to organize. Pole taxes prevent the poor from voting as union protests turn deadly in Pittsburgh.  Tweet !function(d,s,id){var […]
• The Great Depression Part 7 of 7 – Arsenal of Democracy Created on Monday, 04 May 2009 18:17 After signs of recovery in 1937, the economy crashes again as tens of thousands attempt to move West in search of jobs. Resentment in the West grows against the "Okie" immigrants. The 1939 World's Fair's focus is on peace as WWII dawns. Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath is published and Pearl Harbor is attacked as the […]
• The Great Depression Part 6 of 7 – To Be Somebody Created on Monday, 04 May 2009 18:16 White Americans take out their frustrations on blacks with lynchings and beatings. Thousands of black families move North and Joe Louis epitomizes their hopes as Nazism grows in Europe and America.  Tweet !function(d,s,id){var […]
• The Great Depression Part 3 of 7 – New Deal-New York Created on Sunday, 03 May 2009 13:49 Confidence in capitalism wanes as bank runs begin. As the banking system begins to collapse the government belatedly begins to act. Systemic corruption is epitomized by Tammany Hall.  Tweet !function(d,s,id){var […]
• The Great Depression Part 2 of 7 – The Road to Rock Bottom Created on Sunday, 03 May 2009 12:32 The economy approaches collapse as thousands of mortgages default, resentment grows against the banks, bank robbers become folk heroes, and an army of veterans tragically marches on Washington.  Tweet !function(d,s,id){var […]