The Black Wall Street Records

Discussion: Hill + Knowlton Strategies is a global and public relations company. In 1927, when many nations were falling into the worst economic disaster ever in occurred in history, John W. Hill walked away from his good and secure job in the newspaper career to follow his dream job. John Wiley Hill was born in 1890 in Indiana. He, as a young man, always wanted to one day, start a business of his own. John W. Hill opened a public relations firm in Cleveland. Banks, steel manufactures and other…

providing training for the young people. The NYA helped solve some of the problems during the depression, and although later abolished, was very successful. The Great Depression began in 1929, soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, sending Wall Street into panic (“The Great Depression). The youth unemployment rate went down rapidly and many were unable to afford education. The depression brought hardship to youth from entering the labor force…

Why did the United States suffer such a serious depression in 1929-33? The USA, between the years 1929-1933, suffered the worst economic depression in its history. Not only did affect the US itself, but various other world economies around the globe – this is due to other countries’ dependence on American loans and grants after WWI. However, it wasn’t solely because of this that the Great Depression took place. It is said that “a combination of domestic and worldwide conditions led to the…

(Siekierska and al.). Farmers in Saskatchewan have been continuously struggling to keep up with the global demands as conditions on farms are constantly declining due to the severity of the drought in the province (Hamilton). Western Canada has had record-breaking temperatures and extremely low rainfalls for the past decade and it has caused turmoil for farmers as they endure the destructive drought (Siekierska and al.). Saskatchewan is one the the provinces that is exceptionally susceptible to…

In his book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond describes the experiences of seafaring Vikings and Polynesians. For each group, Diamond argues that the environment played a key role in these people’s success or failure. In this paper, I will first briefly overview the environment’s role in the Polynesian case of Mangareva and the Viking case of Inuit as recounted in Diamond. I will then examine the sources in chapter 6 of Merry Wiesner’s text, Discovering the Global…

Everyone wishes to live moments more than once within their life, but in most cases this is not possible. For example, the 1920s was such an amazing time period to live in. Often referred to as the Roaring Twenties because of the uproar of the economic structure and magnificent social, artistic, and cultural reform. America’s economy sky rocketed due to the fact that people invested millions of dollars in the stock market and succeeded. Women were starting to be acknowledged by not only society…

You’ve seen pictures of The Great Depression before, but do you know who actually took them? That’s simple, it was Walker Evans. Walker Evans was born in St. Louis, Missouri on November 3, 1903 and died on April 10, 1975. Growing up, Evans always had an interest in arts like drawing and taking pictures. He would like taking pictures of his family and friends on his first camera, a small Kodak camera. Walker Evans is best known for capturing the effects of The Great Depression, his creative way…

Bennett insisted that the relief camps where fine and claiming the trek leaders were just communist agitators. There was a public meeting on July 1st where the police and RCMP tried to arrest the trek leaders. A riot broke out damaging property and street cars. Within a few days the trekkers were on their way back to where they came. The citizens attempted to make a change, but the government was unwilling to listen, harming many people who relied on relief camps. Throughout the depression the…

During the Roaring Twenties, an individual could get rich by investing in stock. Every day, more shares where bought than you can shake a stick at. In October of 1929, the Stock Market crashed, and it devastated the population. Americans who were used to good times were now greeted by misery. The American dream appeared dead, and prosperity was no more. With the Stock Market's collapse came a wave of unemployment. Millions were unemployed and seeking jobs and food and homes. Hoover felt…

Radio broadcasting offered nearly 600 stations and roughly 600,000 Americans had radios. People listened to phonograph records, variety show programs, news, popular music, and of course commercials. The new tabloid newspaper became extremely popular because of its easy read. One of its most well-known new feature was the gossip column. Hollywood and movies emerged as one…