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CA Work
1:33
CA Work
People who moved to CA were known as Okies.
FDR Visits the Dust Bowl
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FDR Visits the Dust Bowl
The rains followed FDR on his second trip to the Dust Bowl.
Lessons Learned
3:26
Lessons Learned
What have we learned from the Dust Bowl?
Black Sunday
3:27
Black Sunday
Sunday April 14, 1935 became known as Black Sunday.
Psychological
1:39
Psychological
Dorthy Williamson discusses working in the southern Great Plains during the dust bowl.
Heading West
1:30
Heading West
Some people packed up their families and headed west.
Low Valued Wheat
1:56
Low Valued Wheat
Even thought wheat prices had plummeted, farmers went back to work in the fall.
Suicides
1:52
Suicides
Multiple suicides took place during the Dust Bowl in the southern Great Plains.
Bonus Material | The Coen Brothers Talk About Jack Rabbits
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Bonus Material | The Coen Brothers Talk About Jack Rabbits
The Coen Brothers talk about jack rabbits.
Bonus Material | Dale Coen Reads a Poem
1:09
Bonus Material | Dale Coen Reads a Poem
Dale Coen reads a poem he thinks his mother wrote.
Bonus Material | Dale Coen Reads a Poem by his Mother
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Bonus Material | Dale Coen Reads a Poem by his Mother
Dale Coen reads a poem by his mother about why she moved to the Great Plains.
Episode 2 Introduction | Woody Guthrie's 'The Great Dust Storm'
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Episode 2 Introduction | Woody Guthrie's 'The Great Dust Storm'
In the introduction to episode two Woody Guthrie sings "The Great Dust Storm"
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