MS Mo 339 Lillie McLaurin - Hattiesburg and the Great Depression - Ext. Ver.

Published: Dec. 19, 2012, 5:56 p.m.

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The Great Depression of the 1930s left millions of Americans unable to support themselves or their families. As a teenager, Lillie McLaurin of Hattiesburg remembers the time she encountered a soup line. She relates how the experience changed her priorities.

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McLaurin recalls how her father would give some of his shifts at work to others with less seniority and a certain grocer who gave away food to those in need. Please enjoy this extended version of the original broadcast.

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