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On January 4, 1944, workers in the Minidoka Japanese concentration camp in Idaho went on strike in a short-lived but remarkable moment that demonstrates how workers, even in oppressive conditions,.
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 seem like an odd incident, it actually shines quite a light on working class culture...
This is a pretty interesting World War II infantry training film. See, an American takes two Japanese soldiers hostage. He's furious that they killed so many of his men. But.
This 1945 Army training film about how soldiers should not eat "native foods" is both amusing and, well, racist. That Vienna sausages are supposed to be the safe food here.
This is the grave of Ira Hayes. Born in 1923 in Sacaton, Arizona, part of the Gila River Pima Reservation, Hayes grew up in the poverty of the Native communities who had their land stolen as Phoenix rose to become a major city. His family...
World War II did not lead to a wave of great literature, especially given its overwhelming importance in the twentieth century. But it sure led to a wave of great.
On June 7, 1943, 16 black workers at Buckeye Cotton Oil Company in Memphis, a Proctor & Gamble owned operation, went on a wildcat strike in protest of continued workplace.
On May 1, 1943, Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9340, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to seize the nation's coal mines after the United Mine Workers of America refused National War Labor Board arbitration. This incident demonstrated both the intransigence of UMWA head...
I have long been fascinated with World War II movies. Unlike literature, where the war didn't lead to as many great works as one might think, there are an amazing.
Female machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, 1942. Photo by Alfred T. Palmer On September 19, 1945, 24 fired female employees of the Lindstrom Tool and Toy Company in.