The Great Depression To Be Somebody (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

The Great Depression

To Be Somebody (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

Amid the economic hardships of the great depression, racial hatred & xenophobia festers. Although hate crimes like lynchings increase, Joe Louis and Marian Anderson provide inspiration to the black community, and organizations like the ...See moreAmid the economic hardships of the great depression, racial hatred & xenophobia festers. Although hate crimes like lynchings increase, Joe Louis and Marian Anderson provide inspiration to the black community, and organizations like the NAACP make progress toward equality in the courts. Written by Havan IronOak See less

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Marian Anderson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Debaters (2007)
Maya Angelou Self Self See fewer	Poetic Justice (1993)
Max Baer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
Primo Carnera Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
Father Coughlin Self - Radio Evangelist (archive footage) Self - Radio Evangelist (archive footage) See fewer
Ossie Davis Self Self See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
John Hope Franklin Self Self See fewer	Separate But Equal (1991)
Martin Gluckman Self Self See fewer	The Great Depression (1993)
Ruth Gruber Self Self See fewer	Carry On (2008)
Sidney Haymen Self Self See fewer	The Great Depression (1993)
Joe Louis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Is the Army (1943)
Ralph Metcalfe Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Olympic Cavalcade (1948)
Parren Mitchell Self Self See fewer	The Great Depression (1993)
Joe Morton Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Jesse Owens Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings of the Olympics (1948)
Beulah Pinckney Self Self See fewer	The Great Depression (1993)
Curtis Roosevelt Self Self See fewer	The Great Depression (1993)
Eleanor Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Women in Defense (1941)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Max Schmeling Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Comeback (1930)
Haile Selassie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend (2011)