FORUM Magazine Fall 2005
Getting Back to Work
By Gary R. Mormino
With the U.S. 'poised on a hinge of history,' FDR unfurls a program to create jobs, pride, and purpose. The legacy of the WPA endures in Florida.
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Letter from the Director
Janine Farver
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Full Table of Contents
Humanities Alive!
News of the Florida Humanities Council
Meet Three Literary Luminaries
The Harlem Renaissance
Giving Slaves a Voice
African-American interviewers travel around Florida to collect the memories of ex-slaves.
By Gary R. Mormino
The Art of Hope
When times are desperate, artists are hired to design New Deal murals that inspire confidence, strength, and perseverance.
By Mallory McCane O'Connor
Roadmaps and Folk Culture
Federal workers gather fact, myth, gossip, and history into the Florida guidebook, an eclectic and entertaining reflection of the state.
By James A. Findlay and Margaret Bing
Singing Along Back Roads
Researchers scour the Florida countryside in the 1930s to record folks singing songs. Now the collection is available online.
By Stetson Kennedy
Book Briefs
An environmental history and a social history of Florida.
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FORUM Magazine Fall 2005