Reaping the Whirlwind / PBS.
Following "Black Sunday," the crucible of dust, drought and Depression only intensifies. Many people on the southern Plains, including an itinerant songwriter named Woody Guthrie, give up and join a "migration of the defeated" to California. There they are branded as "Okies" and face vicious discrim...
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| Corporate Authors: | , |
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| Language: | English |
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English |
| Language and/or Writing System: |
Closed-captioned. |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
PBS,
[2012]
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| Series: | Films on Demand.
Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 52 min., 19 sec)) : sound, color. |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Summary: |
Following "Black Sunday," the crucible of dust, drought and Depression only intensifies. Many people on the southern Plains, including an itinerant songwriter named Woody Guthrie, give up and join a "migration of the defeated" to California. There they are branded as "Okies" and face vicious discrimination. Meanwhile, Caroline Henderson and her neighbors struggle to hang on to their land. Franklin Roosevelt's administration attempts to help them through New Deal programs aimed at preventing the breadbasket of America from becoming a Sahara. Survivors recount their families' desperate times, their joy at the rains' return, and the lessons learned--and sometimes forgotten--from the Dust Bowl. |
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| Note: | Originally released by PBS, 2012. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 15, 2017. |
| Interest Grade Level: |
9 - 12, Academic/AP |
| System Details: | Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
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Title from distributor's description |