The economic crisis known as the Great Depression actually began in the rural South with a severe crisis in agriculture Approximately 150,000 African Americans left the state of Georgia in the decade of the 19s to escape oppressive economic conditions as well as vigilante violenceGreat Depression Walker Evans, The Breadline, 1933, gelatin silver print, Gift of Katherine L Meier and Edward J Lenkin, This image is of a breadline in Cuba, showing us the effect of the Great Depression on other nations People line up against a fence, where a sign reads "Cocina gratuita de Periodico, Departo de Raciones" (Temporary Free Kitchen, Ration Distribution) The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history From 1931 to 1940 unemployment was always in double digits In April 1939, almost ten years after the crisis began, more than one in five Americans still could not find work On the surface, World War II seems to mark the end of the Great Depression
A Hundred Years On Will There Be Another Great Depression Economics The Guardian
