Four voices from the Great Depression
5/12/202619 min
A glimpse into life during the Great Depression from the people that lived it.
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Rund Abdelfatah· Host0:30
[gentle music] This is America in Pursuit, a limited run series from Throughline and NPR. I'm Rund Abdelfatah. Each week we bring you stories about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the United States that began two hundred fifty years ago.
Meridel Le Sueur· Soundbite0:49
There are no jobs. Most of us have had no breakfast. Some have had scant rations for over a year. Hunger makes a human being lapse into a state of lethargy, especially city hunger.
Rund Abdelfatah· Host1:03
The Great Depression was one of the worst economic disasters in modern history. It started in nineteen twenty-nine and lasted through the next decade.
Meridel Le Sueur· Soundbite1:15
Is there any place else in the world where a human being is supposed to go hungry amidst plenty without an outcry, without protest? Where only the boldest steal or kill for bread and the timid crawl the streets.