Cuba was also affected by perhaps the largest labor union privileges in Latin America, including bans on dismissals and mechanization. They were obtained in large measure "at the cost of the unemployed and the peasants", leading to disparities. Between 1933 and 1958, Cuba extended economic regulations enormously, causing economic problems.

In 1932, President Hoover and the State Department essentially shut down immigration during the Great Depression as immigration went from 236,000 in 1929 to 23,000 in 1933. This was accompanied by voluntary repatriation to Europe and Mexico, and coerced repatriation and deportation of between 500,000 and 2 million Mexican Americans , mostly ...

The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society.

In 1929, Academy members, in a joint venture with the University of Southern California, created America's first film school to further the art and science of moving pictures. The school's founding faculty included Fairbanks ... 1932–1933 5: J. Theodore Reed: 1933–1934 6: Frank Lloyd: 1934–1935 7: Frank Capra: 1935–1939 8: Walter Wanger ...

Patrick Peter Sullivan (22 February 1885 – 15 February 1933) was an Australian-American cartoonist, pioneer animator, and film producer best known for producing the first Felix the Cat silent cartoons. Early life. Sullivan was born in Paddington, …

The nadir of American race relations was the period in African American history and the history of the United States from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 through the early 20th century when racism in the country, especially racism against African Americans, was more open and pronounced than it had ever been during any other period in the nation's history.

The classic 1956 "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" owes part of its look to Bronson Canyon. So does 1941's "Adventures of Captain Marvel," 1938's "Dick Tracy Returns" and the 1933 version of "The Three Musketeers." The quarry of Bronson Canyon is reached by a short walk over a bridge and up a gated driveway on the east side of Canyon Drive.