Recent Florida International University Class Visits to The Wolfsonian Library
• February 10, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, African American History, American left artists, American war propaganda, Artists, book art, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, displays, donations, Fascism, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Lin Shi Khan, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), memorabilia, museums, Nazi propaganda, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, political art, Popular Front, posters, prohibition, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, racism, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Scottsboro Trial, Soviet Union, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, trains, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War II
Tags: 1930s, Adolf Hitler, African-Americans, anti-lynching campaigns, Autobahn, Blues, Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) International Labor Defense (ILD), Great Depression, Harlem Renaissance, highways, infrastructure construction, Jazz, lynchings, memory, New Deal, New Negro, race, Race trials, racism, railways, roads, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), stereotypes, U.S. One
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
Tags: 1930s, Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), anti-lynching campaigns, civil rights, Civil Works Administration (CWA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA), Copperheads, Costian-Wagner Bill, Fair Employment Act, Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Great Depression, Hallie Flanagan, House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Hugo Gellert, International Labor Defense (ILD), James Ford, Joe Louis, Louis Hines (1874-1940), lynchings, Martin Dies, Max Schmeling, National Recovery Administration (NRA), Negro Rights, New Deal, Public Works Administration (PWA), Race trials, racism, Scottsboro Boys, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), Sectionalism, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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
Tags: 1930s, Alex Lichtenstein, Anti-lynching campaign, Communist Pary of the United States (CPUSA), Costian-Wagner Bill, Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Great Depression, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), lynchings, New Deal, Race trials, racism, Scottsboro Boys, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), The Politics of Race on Trial