Dust Bowl migrants

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Dust Bowl migrants were impoverished farmers and their families who fled the drought- and dust-stricken Great Plains in the 1930s, seeking work and survival in places like California during the Great Depression.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical population group ⓘ
internal migrants in the United States ⓘ
activeInTimePeriod 1930s ⓘ
Great Depression ⓘ
affectedBy Dust Bowl ⓘ
Great Depression ⓘ
dust storms ⓘ
severe drought ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
alsoCalled Arkies ⓘ
Okies ⓘ
contributedTo California agricultural labor force ⓘ
demographic rural families ⓘ
white Americans ⓘ
documentedBy Dorothea Lange ⓘ
Farm Security Administration photographers ⓘ
Walker Evans ⓘ
economicStatus impoverished ⓘ
experienced discrimination ⓘ
exploitative labor conditions ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
livedIn makeshift camps ⓘ
migrant labor camps ⓘ
shantytowns ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
migratedTo Arizona ⓘ
California ⓘ
linked to: California (state)

Central Valley of California ⓘ
linked to: Central Valley

Oregon ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to: Washington
occupation sharecroppers ⓘ
small-scale farmers ⓘ
tenant farmers ⓘ
originatedFrom Colorado ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
partOf history of the Great Depression in the United States ⓘ
portrayedBy John Steinbeck ⓘ
portrayedIn The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
sought agricultural work ⓘ
economic survival ⓘ
seasonal farm labor ⓘ
supportedBy Farm Security Administration ⓘ
traveledBy automobile ⓘ
truck ⓘ
wagon ⓘ
usedRoute U.S. Route 66 ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Do Re Mi → subject → Dust Bowl migrants ⓘ
Noah Joad → associatedWithTheme → Great Depression migration ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Al Joad → settingEvent → Dust Bowl migration ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Connie Rivers → associatedWithEvent → Dust Bowl migration ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Oklahoma (fictional setting) → influencesPerceptionOf → Dust Bowl migration ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Winfield Joad → associatedEvent → Dust Bowl migration ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Mother Road → associatedWith → Dust Bowl migration ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Will Rogers Highway → associatedWith → Great Depression migration ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Moses Pray → setting → Great Depression-era American Midwest ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; but believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot if you ain’t got the do re mi. → culturalContext → Dust Bowl migration ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Talking Dust Bowl → describes → Dust Bowl refugees ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Bound for Glory (1976 film) → portrays → Dust Bowl migration ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Cities in Flight → influencedBy → The Flying Cities of the Okies (historical Dust Bowl migration) ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Bakersfield country scene → influencedBy → Dust Bowl migrant communities ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants
Drought Refugees → historicalContext → Dust Bowl migration ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl migrants