Black Tuesday: The People Who Lived Through The Great Depression | When The World Breaks

An investigation into the use of creativity, art and entertainment as a form of survival during the Great Depression of 1929. Parallels are drawn between the creativity generated during the Great Depression and the global recession of 2009. You can find more from us on:

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