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Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

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Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights MovementNever Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Harper Barnes
ISBN: 9780802715753
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing on June 24th 2008
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, State & Local, South, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies
Pages: 293

Len's Summary: History of the bloody 1917 East St. Louis, Illinois, riots against Black citizens, one of a series sparked in part by the migration of large numbers of unskilled African-American workers north in search of war work, which was not always available. East St. Louis continues to be haunted by the enormity of these events.

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On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919–1941

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On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919–1941On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919–1941 by Steven Trout
ISBN: 9780817357238
Published by University of Alabama Press on September 2nd 2010
Genres: History, General, United States, Literary Criticism, American, World War I
Pages: 340

Len's Summary: War and memory in the 1920s and 30s.

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American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

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American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza EpidemicAmerican Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic by Nancy K. Bristow
ISBN: 9780199811342
Published by Oxford University Press on April 30th 2012
Genres: History, United States, State & Local, General, Modern, 20th Century, South, Medical, Public Health
Pages: 280

Len's Summary: The global flu pandemic of 1918-1920 sickened mainly young adults killed some 50 million people, half a million in America alone, shaking new-found confidence in medicine and having a profound effect on society.

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Never Call Retreat: Theodore Roosevelt and the Great War

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Never Call Retreat: Theodore Roosevelt and the Great WarNever Call Retreat: Theodore Roosevelt and the Great War by J. Lee Thompson
ISBN: 9781137306531
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on January 15th 2014
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Presidents & Heads of State, History, Military, World War I, History, United States, State & Local, General, 20th Century, Modern, South
Pages: 376

Len's Summary: US domestic politics and the Great War; The Old Bull Moose takes on a circumspect Woodrow Wilson and demands intervention on the side of The Entente.

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Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation’s Humanitarian Awakening

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Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation’s Humanitarian AwakeningMaking the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation’s Humanitarian Awakening by Julia Irwin
ISBN: 9780199766406
Published by OUP USA on May 23rd 2013
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Modern, South, Political Science, International Relations, General, NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
Pages: 273

Len's Summary: The rise of the American Red Cross from Julia Ward Howe and the Civil War through WWI when it became our official private voluntary aid agency.

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