Great pictures and the depths of the great depression and the shortages of WWII certainly did make for "simpler" times, but I don't believe those times were better times in any way, and certainly not for any of the black folks in the pictures. My parents didn't speak much of their years growing up in the depression, but they never did get over the fear of being broke and hungry, even after being very successful after WWII. They were never comfortable spending money on a luxury, and my Mom wouldn't eat anything with raisins in it. I finally asked her why and she said it reminded her of her childhood when the food they ate sometimes had bugs in it. Those years affected "the greatest generation" in ways we can never understand, but typically of them, they just soldiered on, kept their mouths shut, and tried to build a better life for their kids.
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