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I am a boy of 12 years… My father hasn’t worked for 5 months. He went plenty of times to relief, he filled out application. They won’t give us anything. I don’t know why… My father he staying home. All the time he’s crying because he can’t find work. I told him why are you crying daddy, and daddy said why shouldn’t I cry when there is nothing in the house. I feel sorry for him. That night I couldn’t sleep.
-letter to President and Mrs. Roosevelt, 1936 in Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letter from the Forgotten Man

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Many children during the Great Depression worked in camps and had to study and take responsibility at their homes most of the time. It shows the widespread economic hardship that people had during this times of depression. Government programs aimed to protect the children of this time, so that they are able to get proper education. The lives of these children were important since they had the educational opportunities that could get the country out of the Great Depresison.

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I am to have a baby. We wanted one before but felt we should have more assurance for the future before we deliberately took such responsibility. But now that it has happened, I won’t give it up! … Won’t you do something so my husband can have a job? … We have absolutely nothing but our home. 
-letter to Eleanor Roosevelt from Mrs. M.H.A., 1934 in Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man 

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Many families gathered in modest housing provided by the New Deal. Families became the center survival during these years. Most families experienced this amount of poverty and they helped each other out by giving moral support during the Great depression. The collective resilience reflected on their careful efforts to rebuild and the restore the country

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We ain’t no paupers. We hold ourselves to be decent folks. We don’t want no relief. But what we do want is a chanst to make an honest living like what we was raised. 
-One of the down and out, in Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man

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Migrant Workers during the Great Depression is often depicted as travelling laborers in crowded and makeshift camps, where many faced exhaustion and determination to make money to provide for their families. This is the reality for most of these people and had to persevere for many years. This was part of the New Deal's challenge which was to provide assistance to those who worked and showed their perseverance for the country. This restored the dignity of these people and they were seen as a part of the country by most people in the country.

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The economic crisis and  intensified class struggle of the 1930’s resulted in the deportation of hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers from the U.S. As unemployment the southwest soared—worsened by the migration of over a million people into California from other parts of the United States between 1930 and 1940—as urban Mexican communities in such cities as Los Angeles began to rebel against the oppression ./and as farm labor strikes flared up throughout California, the steel net of the border “gestapo '' swept through the Mexican barrios. In California, in particular, the militancy of the Mexican workers-many of whom were active trade unionists and members of the communist Party—met fierce repression. More than 75,000 Mexcians were deported from Los Angeles alone in 1931.
- from Beyond the Border: Mexico and the U.S Today 

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Many of these people were in farms or in relief camps. It shows how they had endurance trying to stay in the country. Many of them experienced hardships, but it also highlights the strong bonds that they had, and they would later provide fuel for later civil rights efforts. The era's policies targeted these people and made it hard for them to move around the country, which shape their social and political identity.

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My family needs some cloths for they are about naked i have four boys going to school and this makes the second week they have stay home for they do not have any cloths or show to wear. 
-letter to Sen. Nelly from J.T.C, 1935, in Down and Out In the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man 

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Barren fields transformed by the New Deal reveal the contrasts of rural America during the Great Depression. Evidence of dust storms and ruined farms and hopeful images of the government show that many hoped for a better future that the government was not able to provide for them. The resilience of the farmers and the potential of government intervention can be seen in restoring both the land and the livelihoods of rural America.

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Farmers Fear Bankruptcy During the Great Depression

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I am a widow with a son fourteen years of age and am trying to support him and myself and keep him in school on a very small sum which I make. I feel worthy of asking you about this: I am greatly in need of a Coat. If you have one which you have laid aside from last season would appreciate it so much if you would send it to me
-letter to Elanor Roosevelt, 1934, in Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man

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Women worked in sewing factories, community kitchens, and at public relief offices. Women stepped out of traditional roles during the Great Depression, and this does not only show how women cared for their families, but it also shows how they contributed to society by helping in large scale projects, symbolizing the shift in gender ideologies. Women played a crucial role as nurtures and as active participants in the recovery of the nation, showing the spirit of innovation and collective efforts that defined the New Deal.

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“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. Africa for the Africans… at home and abroad!”
-Marcus Garvey

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African Americans were segregated into relief programs that offered the population federal programs that provided jobs, but in reality, these people were exploited and discriminated for who they were. The New Deal policies offered these people a form of relief, but at the cost of their dignity and their life being seen as worthless by other people.

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"The big question about the American depression is not whether war with Germany and Japan ended it. It is why the Depression lasted until that war. From 1929 to 1940, from Hoover to Roosevelt, government intervention helped to make the Depression Great." - Amity Shlaes, The Forgotten Man

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Franklin D. Roosevelt had a part in trying to fix the country. He helped in government projects and what he could to end the Great Depression. People had mixed feelings about him, but he was able to show his bold and collective leadership throughout this crisis and this led to him being a notable president among some people.

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"In autumn 1937, the New York Times delivered its analysis of the economy’s downturn: 'The cause is attributed by some to taxation and alleged federal curbs on industry; by others, to the demoralization of production caused by strikes. Both the taxes and the strikes were the result of Roosevelt policy; the strikes had been made possible by the Wagner Act the year before. As scholars have long noted, the high wages generated by New Deal legislation helped those workers who earned them. But the inflexibility of those wages also prevented companies from hiring additional workers. Hence the persistent shortage of jobs in the latter part of the 1930s.'" - Amity Shlaes, The Forgotten Man

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Many workers during the Great Depression worked in factories to be able to deploy products made by companies. Even as these companies fell, these workers would keep on working to provide money for their families. This shows their determination to be able to do what they can to give their families support for a better future ahead of them.

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"Our savings were wiped out, and we had to move frequently in search of work. My father, who had been a minister in Korea, became a laborer on a sugar plantation in Hawaii. We faced extreme discrimination and harsh living conditions, but we persevered through sheer determination and hope." - Mary Paik Lee, Quiet Odyssey: A Pioneer Korean Woman in America

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Asian Americans had a small part during the Great Depression, but it was an impactful one. Whether they were working in urban settings or contributing to agricultural production, they were a key part in the country's recovery to become a developed nation. The steady contributions of the Asian American community during these times showed that even when the community was being underscored and discriminated most of the time, they showed their resilience and passion into helping to complete the picture that is a diverse America striving for a renewal.