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Episodes from "US History since the Civil War," University of Toronto Scarborough (Winter 2012): 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. When Will It Ever Change?
    date July 11, 1930map New York, New Yorktags Crime/Violence, African-Americans, Lynching

    News stories relating ‘death by accident,’ ‘murder by one of own’ or even an ‘unsolved mystery’ are just too far-fetched to explain the discovery of so many ‘Negro’ bodies found in the swamps or in uninhabited places in 1930.  It is inconceivable to think that the white tyrannical press believe that we are fooled by their fabrications about the missing southern ‘Negro’ workers,”...

  2. American Food Rations in the World War II Era
    date January 14, 1942 to November 29, 1948map New York, New Yorktags supplies, american, rations, munitions, WWII, food, War

    World War II brought industrialized nations into combat with one another on an unprecedented scale, and to keep the people of a nation willing to fight, it was important to keep a steady supply of food and munitions coming to its soldiers. More importantly, the morale and efficiency of troops was dependant on the fact that these food and munitions were particularly good. For this reason, the food...