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.
Articles for September 2015
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.
The Great Depression Part 4 of 7 – We Have a Plan
Created on Monday, 04 May 2009 18:11
Upton Sinclair runs for the California governorship, terrifying big business and spurring the evolution of mass media propaganda techniques. Unions virtually shut down San Francisco as strikes grow across the nation.
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.