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Inside the 1940 Census

Name: Inside the 1940 Census
Uploaded: 2012-04-02T12:18:52-0400
Duration: 3 min 1 s
Description: Seventy-two years after they were locked away, the federal government released documents from the 1940 Census. Anthony Mason reports on how the data provides a snapshot of a United States emerging from the Great Depression and on the brink of World War II.

Seventy-two years after they were locked away, the federal government released documents from the 1940 Census. Anthony Mason reports on how the data provides a snapshot of a United States emerging from the Great Depression and on the brink of World War II.