Father Charles E. Coughlin Father Coughlin, better known as the Radio Priest, was by the mid-1930s one of FDR's most popular critics. His weekly radio sermons drew millions of devoted followers. You can access transcripts of some of his aired speeches. In an effort to provide employment to artists, writers, and other people in the cultural field, the New Deal offered several programmes which you will find listed and described here. Great Depression, The In 1993, PBS aired a series dealing with the American response to conditions in the 1930s depression.
Excellent chronologies accompany the synopses for each of the seven, hour-long programmes.
Great Depression, The Read this simple but clear description of the events leading up to the depression of the 1930s, including the stock market crash, and the affect this whole period had on the American people. There is an online form here which people can use to submit their Great Depression remembrances and stories for inclusion on the website. The 1930s saw the introduction of comic books and the popularity of their superheroes. Once you've finished with this page, you can move along to the next section to see how attitudes changed. Read about opposition to comics, mass comic burnings, and even laws which banned them.