World War I ; red scare, Harlem renaissance ; lynchings in the South ; Depression ; urban family life in a packinghouse town.

Includes song about Socco and Vanzetti, poetry of Langston Hughes read by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, "Strange Fruit" read by Lillian Hellman, "Yonnondio" read by Tillie Olsen, "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday, and "Nobody knows you when you re down and out" by Bessie Smith.|WORLD WAR I| RED SCARE, HARLEM RENAISSANCE| LYNCHINGS IN THE SOUTH| DEPRESSION| URBAN FAMILY LIFE IN A PACKINGHOUSE TOWN. - SERIES: Plain speaking : a counter history of the United States| part 5. - Includes song about Socco and Vanzetti, poetry of Langston Hughes read by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, "Strange Fruit" read by Lillian Hellman, "Yonnondio" read by Tillie Olsen, "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday, and "Nobody knows you When you're down and out" by Bessie Smith. Also published under the tilte "The Roaring Twenties to the Depression." - BROADCAST: KPFA, 3 July 1976.