This is the grave of Frank Knox. Born in 1874 in Boston, Knox grew up pretty middling. His father was a grocer. The family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan for a new start in 1883 and his father opened another store there. Knox went to...
world war ii
On January 12, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9017, creating the National War Labor Board. The goal of this board was to mediate all labor issues until.
Tonight, we can watch a 1 minute 1939 British Pathé film on how Poland is preparing itself for defense and is a key part of the British-French alliance. Well, about.
Just wanted to quickly build on Farley's post from earlier today. It's the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb and that deserves more play, though as anniversaries move from beyond people's lived experiences, naturally they don't mean as much. I generally agree with Rob here,...
On June 9, 1941, the military, with support from the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the United Auto Workers, ended the North American Aviation strike in Los Angeles. This remarkable.
On May 25, 1943, white workers rioted at Alabama Dry Dock after Fair Employment Practice Committee officials forced the company to promote 12 black workers to skilled positions. One of.
On March 20, 1945, four leaders of a strike among Black WACs at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, were convicted of disobeying orders and sentenced to hard labor. Privates Anna Morrison, Mary Green, Alice Young, and Johnnie Murphy had refused offers to return to their duties and...
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 miners in Butte, Montana went on strike to protest the use of Black miners on the job. One of far too many hate strikes during.
I was already plenty aware that a lot of the myths Americans like to tell themselves about World War II and how great our soldiers were in freeing Europe were full of it. For one thing, historians now know that American soldiers engaged in a...
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.