Program Title:
Hard Times Come Here First
PRA Archive #:
BZ0037.08
Description:
Hard Times Come Here First / produced by Brenda McCallum. SERIES: Working lives| no. 8 Oral history of life in Birmingham, Alabama during the Great Depression. Men and women discuss the "hobo jungles," burrowing through foundary ashes in search of coal to burn, handout lines, and scavenging wild plants for food. Originated from the Archive of American Minority Cultures, the University of Alabama. NFCB archive number 5929
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Item duration:
29:00
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