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  2. Works Progress Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.

  3. List of Federal Art Project artists - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) of the Works Progress Administration was the largest of the New Deal art projects. [1] As many as 10,000 artists [2] were employed to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, Index of American Design documentation, theatre scenic design, and arts and crafts. [3]

  4. Federal Theatre Project - Wikipedia

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    Part of the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Theatre Project was a New Deal program established August 27, 1935, [5]: 29 funded under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. Of the $ 4.88 billion allocated to the WPA, [ 6 ] $27 million was approved for the employment of artists , musicians , writers and actors under the WPA's ...

  5. Crew members killed in American Airlines crash receive ...

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    Jonathan Campos, Samuel Lilley, Danasia Elder and Ian Epstein, the crew who died on board American Eagle Flight 5342, have received honorary awards from their airline.

  6. Federal Art Project - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) was a New Deal program to fund the visual arts in the United States. Under national director Holger Cahill, it was one of five Federal Project Number One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the largest of the New Deal art projects.

  7. American Guide Series - Wikipedia

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    The American Guide Series includes books and pamphlets published from 1937 to 1941 under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a Depression-era program that was part of the larger Works Progress Administration in the United States. The American Guide Series books were compiled by the FWP, but printed by individual states, and ...

  8. Seven men arrested for ‘sit-ins’ at whites-only diners in ...

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    The seven men arrested at sit-ins in mid-March, 1960, had already spent the month peacefully protesting Jim Crow laws that allowed segregation in schools, businesses and other public places; bans ...

  9. List of WPA World Nine-ball champions - Wikipedia

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    Events have been held for boys and women, and for the main world championships since this time, with a girl's tournament being created in 2004. In 2013, the men's championship was changed from being inclusive for all [a] to a men's only event. From 2021, the main tournament became all inclusive once again, while the women's event was discontinued.