In April 1931, as the Great Depression tightened its grip, hundreds of hungry, unemployed men - among them out-of-work Coal Region miners - marched on the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. They filled the streets, met with lawmakers and Governor Gifford Pinchot, and demanded millions in relief money, only to be turned away empty-handed. It’s a stark snapshot from the early years of the nation's worst economic crisis. Read the full story.
Hungry, unemployed men march at the State Capitol in Harrisburg | 1931