27 Powerful and Haunting Photos of America Through the Great Depression

(Original Caption) 1/12/1933-Sacramento, CA: A Chinese section in the hunger parade at Sacramento, CA, to present demands to the state legistlature had its own banner in the Chinese alphabet, too. The banner, borne by Chinese unemployed from Los Angeles bears a demand for $50 a month unemployment insurance with $10 for each dependent, protest against deportation of yellow races, and other demands.

Unemployed men arrive at the capitol in Washington DC by the truck load to appeal for Federal Aid.