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Oct 21, 2021 · Donald Trump was not the first leader to rally crowds behind the slogan “America First,” nor was he the only person to ever support it. In fact, at one point during the 20th century, nearly one million Americans were paying members of an organization by that same exact name.
Flyer for an America First Committee rally in St. Louis, Missouri in early April 1941. At its peak, America First claimed 800,000–850,000 members in 450 chapters, making the AFC one of the largest anti-war organizations in the history of the United States.
Nov 21, 2018 · By the 20th century, Americans began to winnow their worldview down to the point where it was possible to talk about a single—and singular—American dream.
Before World War II, the German-American Bund was one of the most successful pro-Nazi organizations in the United States. On February 20, 1939, American Nazis gathered at Madison Square Garden for a mass rally for “true Americanism.”
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- The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Catches Fire (Mar. 25, 1911) By Michele Anderson. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company’s fire resulted in the tragic loss of nearly 150 young women and girls on March 25, 1911, in New York City.
- The Great Migration Begins (1915) By Isabel Wilkerson. In today’s world African Americans are viewed as urban people, but that’s a very new phenomenon: The vast majority of time that African Americans have been on this continent, they’ve been primarily Southern and rural.
- The Prophet Is Published (Sept. 23, 1923) By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen. In the aftermath of World War I, the Lebanese-born, Boston-based poet-philosopher Kahlil Gibran wrote what would become one of the world’s most translated works of philosophy: The Prophet.
- The KKK Marches in Washington (Aug. 8, 1925) By James Loewen. When the KKK paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., the headline in the New York Times declared “Sight Astonishes Capital: Robed, but Unmasked Hosts in White Move Along Avenue.”
This project produces and displays free interactive maps showing the historical geography of dozens of social movements that have influenced American life and politics since the late 19th century, including radical movements, civil rights movements, labor movements, women's movements, and more.
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Jun 1, 2020 · Over the past week, protests sparked by the death of George Floyd have seen tens of thousands march against systemic racism and the killing of black people in America.
