On October 29, 1929, the heartbeat of Wall Street collapsed into panic. The day would be remembered forever as “Black Tuesday,” the stock market crash that marked the beginning of the Great Depression. In just a few hours of chaos, fortunes were destroyed, optimism evaporated, and an entire era of roaring prosperity ground to a …
Early on May 23, 1934, a barrage of bullets tore through a Ford V8 on a Louisiana backroad. Inside were Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow—outlaws, lovers, and the most infamous fugitives of the Great Depression. They died instantly. America, meanwhile, had already turned them into legends. Their crime spree spanned two years, from bank robberies …
On March 4, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt stood before a weary nation as he was sworn in as the 32nd president of the United States. The country was in the grip of the Great Depression, with soaring unemployment, failing banks, and a general sense of hopelessness. But on that cold and uncertain day, Roosevelt’s voice …
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