Analysis Of Al Jolson 'Brother Can You Spare A Dime'

Macaih described the motorcycle accident he encounters on the west side of Detroit and show us a video of him and a partner rail jumping from Oregon to Salt Lake City, Utah. The song of the day was Al Jolson singing Brother Can You Spare a Dime, a definitive rendition depicting the sentiment during the Great Depression. In 1927 there was a world depression and, the Soviet Union with Josef Stalin created the Gulag a labor camp in which many people died. World War I veterans created the Bonus Army in 1932, which led to a march on Washington D.C. in which the veterans demanded payment for bonus certificates that were issued in 1924. Confrontation between the veterans and the active army forces disrupted and eliminated the encampment and was led …show more content…
Frank talked about the historic market in Hamtramck, Kowalski’s which is known for its great sausage, and that the city was once 80% polish as one time. Paula expressed concern of a sign she viewed at the Metropolitan Airport, which displayed The Nation of Islam. Macaih explained that there was a convention for the group being held in Detroit and that might have been the reason for the sign. Moreover, on February 24 the class turned in their Mid-term exams and summaries from the Richard Donkin book. The song of the day was Johnny Cash singing One piece at a Time, a song depicting an automobile factory worker taking a piece of an automobile from the workplace every day for years, and assembling the car years later. There is talk about the Nation of Islam, Huey Long, the establishment of Liberia as a country of African American expatriates, and the 1930’s as a time of many extremist groups such as the silver shirts in Detroit and Father Coughlin in Royal Oak. The theme of the day is all about the automobile industry and the movie taken from the PBS series about the Great Depression focuses on A Job at Fords. Henry Ford who was anti-Semitic and established a