All 3 Uses of
WPA
in
Do You Speak American?
- In the 1930s and early 1940s, workers from the Works Progress Administration made a series of recordings and photographs in this part of Texas.†
Chpt 6 *Works Progress Administration = largest of the Depression era relief measures that put millions to work
- One of the former slaves interviewed by the WPA was born in Liberia, captured there in the 1850s, and brought to Texas as a child.†
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- One WPA interviewee was Laura Smalley of Hempstead, Texas, south of Springville, in the same river country, known as Brazos Bottom.†
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Definitions:
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(WPA) largest of the Depression era relief measures employing millions and impacting almost every community; offered work to the unemployed for such tasks as roadwork, building construction, slum clearance, reforestation, and rural rehabilitation (1935-1943)Initially, WPA stood for Works Progress Administration. The name was later changed to Work Projects Administration.
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, WPA can be someone's initials.