Cadillac is well-known today as one of America’s longest lasting luxury brands, but the 122-year-old automaker would have gone belly up during the Great Depression if it weren’t for opening ...

DETROIT – In a story April 7 about black work camps during the Great Depression, The Associated Press, relying on information from the University of Michigan, erroneously reported that the ...

Black Americans had been dealing with poverty since the beginning of the country, said Sutton, who quoted a portion from Studs Terkel’s book on the Great Depression, “Hard Times.” “The ...

Black Arkansans' voices heard from Great Depression-era interviews. June 11, 2022 at 2:55 a.m. by Frank E. Lockwood ...

Americans speak of finding hidden blessings during the Great Depression – even when their world seemed to be collapsing. Their words can inspire us as we battle the coronavirus pandemic.

PORTSMOUTH — One Black family’s tale of life in the old Puddle Dock neighborhood is being revived at Penhallow House, a historic Strawbery Banke Museum 18th century home. The story of ...

The Great Depression began with "Black Tuesday" on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping out thousands of investors who had borrowed heavily.

The U.S. Great Depression started in 1929 and had a devastating impact on economies across the globe. Its effects still impact the economy today. Learn how.

The Great Depression was the worst economic disaster of the 20th century, starting with the 1929 stock market crash and causing global unemployment, bank failures, and widespread poverty. IB ACIO ...

Your great-grandfather stayed afloat partly because of the fluctuating overhead of his business but also because then, as now, people with money, usually out-of-staters or transplants, pumped cash ...

In reality, the Depression hit Vermont harder than one would think from the governor’s book, my grandfather’s assertion and my great-grandfather’s journals. For one thing, the state’s ...