Arthur Rothstein was a depression-era photographer. He was the first photographer hired for FDR's Resettlement Administration. He was a born and raised New Yorker.
Festus Hudson was a merchant farmer. He was born and raised in Nethers Mill, Virginia, at the foot of Old Rag Mountain. On my father's side, he is my great uncle.
Urban intellectuals were an essential part of the New Deal Coalition.
Farmers, and southern whites, were essential parts as well.
Since that time, southern whites have been stripped off from the Democratic Coalition. This is a problem.
This diary is about the time Arthur met Festus, in 1935. This is a diary, for Father's Day, about heritage and identity.
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