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  • Tags: Great Depression

AtlantaHOLCmap.jpg
“Redlining” security map for Atlanta, GA

RichmondRedlining.jpg
HOLC redlining map of Richmond, Virginia ca. 1930s

RichmondHOLCmap.jpg
HOLC redlining map of Richmond, Vriginia

FDR-March-12-1933-Chat.jpg
During his presidency, Franklin Roosevelt gave several radio addresses to explain his policies and government programs. These addresses came to be known as "fireside chats." In this photo, Roosevelt prepares to give his first fireside chat, just…

DepressionBreadline.jpg
About a quarter of the American workforce was unemployed at the lowest point of the Great Depression. When families were unable to afford food for themselves, charities often provided free meals. Al Capone, a leading organized crime figure, provided…

ChicagoRace1930Nov16.png
These three maps for the south side of Chicago illustrate the stark color line separating the Black Belt neighborhoods from white neighborhoods in the city. Even as the African American population grew in the Great Migration, the city remained…
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