For a very long time, I have expressed frustration that Americans obsessively focus on World War II and the Nazis and don't pay enough attention to their own horrible histories..
On November 4, 1942, copper mines in Butte, Montana went on strike to protest the use of Black miners on the job. One of far too many hate strikes during.
On June 25, 1943, Congress overrode Franklin Delano Roosevelt's veto of the Smith-Connally Act. Enacted after the United Mine Workers of America went on strike during World War II, the.
On June 5, 1944, white workers at an airplane plant outside of Cincinnati went on strike over Black workers being promoted. Happening a mere day before the U.S. invaded France.
Landscape Every now and then, it is worth watching footage of D-Day, just for the scale of it and the sheer fear that the soldiers felt, and for very good.
Editorial cartoon promoting Dumbarton Oaks conference to create United Nations
On August 6, 1944, Philadelphia's transit strike over hiring black drivers ends. This strike, done shortly after D-Day and when the nation was moving toward winning the war, demonstrates the.
On June 15, 1942, workers at a General Motors factory engaged in a wildcat strike to protest new policies that forbade them from smoking on the job. While this may.
