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    • "Stock Collapse Hits Cotton, Grain."

    • "Stock Collapse Hits Cotton, Grain."

    • 1929-10-24

    • "Staple Off $2.50 a Bale and Wheat Declines 12 Cents." This article reports stock market conditions on "Black Thursday," when "Stocks were again dumped on the market in terrific volume...and wall Street trading facilities were completely swamped."...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Bell Rings and Roar of Stock Market Subsides."

    • "Bell Rings and Roar of Stock Market Subsides."

    • 1929-10-25

    • This article describes reaction to "Black Thursday," October 24, 1929; according to the author, the atmosphere of the stock exchange was mostly calm and businesslike while the public on the street was in a frenzy: "Looking down from the meager...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Court's march order ends at Capitol."

    • "Court's march order ends at Capitol."

    • 1965-03-24

    • This article from the Birmingham News discusses the extent of the order issued by U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson, which permitted and protected the Selma to Montgomery March: "The order.stops short of approving plans for a demonstration on...

    • 2011-01-13
    • "Rush of Selling Brings History's Wildest Market."

    • "Rush of Selling Brings History's Wildest Market."

    • 1929-10-25

    • This article gives a lively account of the stock market collapse on October 24 ("Black Thursday"): "The remarkable era of avid public speculation in stocks which has swept over the country during the past five years came to a climax today in the...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Prices Collapse As Stock Mart Goes 'Haywire.'"

    • "Prices Collapse As Stock Mart Goes 'Haywire.'"

    • 1929-10-29

    • This article reports that stock prices have continued to fall after the crash on October 24 ("Black Thursday"). Though financial leaders who met to discuss the matter seem to take "a more hopeful view of the situation," the floor of the stock...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Conditions Good, Says President."

    • "Conditions Good, Says President."

    • 1929-10-26

    • This article reports that the nation's financial condition is sound despite the stock market crash on October 24 ("Black Thursday"): "The fundamental business of the country is on a sound and profitable basis, President Hoover asserted Friday, in a...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Many Issues Fall to Low Levels on Wave of Selling."

    • "Many Issues Fall to Low Levels on Wave of Selling."

    • 1929-10-28

    • This article, written the day before "Black Tuesday," reports that "prices broke wide open" in the stock market during the day: "Many of the leaders sold close to the low levels established in last Thursday's dramatic collapse in prices, and some...

    • 2010-01-25

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