Wednesday, February 10, 2010


1930, At a Drought Relief at an African American Grocery, Drought Relief is providing African Americans with their everyday stuff but at an affordable price. Taking advantage of what they can get before the situation gets any worse, and to provide for their families with there needs-Stephanie Panesso

Tuesday, February 9, 2010


Windale, North Carolina, 1930. It's payday for African Americans, and Mexican Americans they are waiting in line to get there pay for the jobs they still have, while many are happy even for the smallest pay, one guy struggled and didn't get his payment-Stephanie Panesso


At a corner store, 1931 in New York four men out of the many African Americans talk to me, about how their in need of a job and that they are struggling on a daily basis to get by each day and provide for themselves and their families-Stephanie Panesso

Leaving Florida 1931, a family struggling with the changes of the great depression leave before things get worse, they leave in hope that they will have better opportunities anywhere else other then Florida, but they thank God for what they still have, and that they have each other-Stephanie Panesso

Georgia, 1932, An African American construction worker is lucky enough to still has his job, after the many crisis of the great depression. Many still struggle in getting a job. Even if the pay is not so great it is still something, and anything is appreciated in the moment-Stephanie Panesso

1931, a family of six is traveling from the roads of New York to Pennsylvania with nothing but the things on there back. By going there, their hoping in that their father finds a job during this crisis to help support the family-Stephanie Panesso

The year is 1931 and the men you see on the left are all going to their first job in months. After not working they will take any job no matter what the pay is. The employer agreed to give them $1.25 an hour and that was generous of him. They are on their way to the cotton fields to pick pounds of cotton in scorching temperatures-Issam Figueroa