English 1302 - Hochmeister, Kim: 20 Great Short Stories: Themes/Topics

A group of migrants journeying from Florida to New Jersey. Thousands of African Americans left the South during the decade of the Great Depression. COURTESY OF THE FDR LIBRARY
 

Get the full menu of Databases from the library home page under Articles & Reference. Use these for your THEMES: Great Migration, Great Depression, Chicago's South Side, Housing in the Black Belt, Lynching, Black Activism, Communism, Jim Crow, etc. 

TASK: Click on a database below. Search for and find one relevant item about a theme. Highlight and copy the item's citation. Click on the Comments link in this box. Paste the citation into the post text box. Add your name and theme in the subject (email optional) and post comment!

With the online Discovery, start with a Keyword, then look for Subject headings in any item's description. Finding the right Subject heading can save you tons of research time by helping you locate items that are specifically relevant to your TOPIC.

TASK: Click on the Books & Media link, try a few keyword searches (example: african americans AND great depression), and find ONE relevant item. Copy the Title, Location, & Call number for that item and post it in the Comments below. Include your name and your topic in the Subject line.

Use these for your THEMES. Get the full menu of Databases from the library home page under Articles & Reference.

Narrow your search by adding more keywords with AND in between.

From: Poverty in the United States, SAC Reference 2nd floor, HC110 .P6 P59

From: Encyclopedia of the Great Depression, SAC Reference 2nd floor, E806 .E63 2004

From: Marxism, Communism, and Western Society, SAC Reference 2nd floor, AE5 .M27

"Let Jesus lead you and Roosevelt feed you" (quoted in Robert S. McElvaine. The Great Depression: America, 1929–1941, 1993). These words were spoken by a black minister to his congregation shortly before the 1936 presidential election.