WHAT’S TWICE AS BAD AS THE GREAT DEPRESSION? THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THE 1930s
• September 19, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, AAA, African American History, American left artists, Aryans, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, Civil Rights Movement, Civilian Conservation Corps, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, displays, FAP, FDR, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), Federal Writers' Project, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Florida Writers' Project, FTP, FWP, Great Depression, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), Joe Louis, leftist artists, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Scottsboro Trial, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII, youth movements
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WHEN THE LEFT HELD SWAY IN THE US OF A
• October 5, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, donations, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, gifts, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, political art, Popular Front, propaganda
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SCOTTSBORO TRIAL OF THE 1930s: HEYDAY OF THE CPUSA
• March 24, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, History Department, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library exhibits
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AMERICA SEES RED(S)
• February 12, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Uncategorized
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THE TRIALS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE COMMUNIST PARTY DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
• December 18, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Wolfsonian-FIU library
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