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 ...

With the economy in shambles, people are worrried about going through another Great Depression. In the 1930s, unemployment was as high as 40 percent in some areas of Chicago. A few who lived ...

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 ...

(NNPA) – While the nation is reeling over double-digit jobless rates showing up for the first time in decades, Black males are looking at numbers almost twice as worse. Almost one in five Black ...

The Readers Write (About Other Things, Too) In your first newsletter of 2023, you wrote, “I asked a variety of people, from many walks of life, both from the United States and abroad, to share ...

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 ...