Day Three: Monday,  August 5, 1991

AM: Show Four: "Challenging the New Deal/California"

Video Tape (VHS.0263)

Producer Judy Richardson talks about creating the Eyes on the Prize teaching tool and the use of stories to make the project more powerful.

Against the backdrop of political turbulence in Depression era California, historian James Gregory looks at the life and work of Upton Sinclair, his plan to end poverty (EPIC), and his failed bid to win the governorship in 1934.

Followed by Q&A

Professor Vicki Ruiz explores the economic, social and cultural lives of Mexican Americans (Chicanos) living in Los Angeles in the 1930's and how they were impacted by the Depression.

Followed by Q&A.

Professor Clayton Koppes looks at Hollywood in the heyday of Studio Era and how it was influenced by the Production Code.

Followed by Q&A.

PM: Doing Multicultural History

Video Tape (VHS.0264)

Historian Nell Painter outlines the challenges of presenting a history of the 30's for the 90's.

Followed by Q&A.

Historian and author Susan Ware looks at the changing lives of women in the 1930's and the central role of Eleanor Roosevelt during the period.

Followed by Q&A.

Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., states agrees with Professors Painter and Ware and thinks it best not to "impose our contemporary preoccupations" on the period.

Professors Schlesinger, Painter and Ware discuss the role of multiculturalism with the producers and other historians.