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New Deal Debate
Watch the video of our program: The New Deal: a Debate from Tuesday, October 20, 2009.
Soul of a People - The New Deal from Baldwin Public Library on Vimeo.
Was FDR's enormous public works program a boom for the country or a bust? Detroit journalist and professor Jack Lessenberry and Hillsdale College professor Burton Folsom debated this very question.
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About the Soul of a People
Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story is a major documentary television program about the Federal Writers’ Project produced by Spark Media, Washington, D.C., and broadcast on the Smithsonian Channel HD. Soul of a People programs in libraries are sponsored by the American Library Association Public Programs Office with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life.
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