Each night, she made notes in a journal —fodder for a novel she hoped to publish about the Dust Bowl refugees she'd met. "How brave they all are," she wrote. "They aren't broken and docile but ...

One such voice was Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, known as the "Okie Poet," who chronicled the life of the Dust Bowl refugees throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Betty Blanks, author of "Pick Up Your ...

This song was originally based on a gospel tune and became an anthem for Dust Bowl refugees in America at the time. It’s still loved today, the better part of a century after it was first released.

Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely. Roosevelt signs the ...