Lecture: Newspapers, Op-eds, and American Responses to Antisemitism
Date/Time: | Monday, 05 Nov 2018 at 7:00 pm |
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Location: | Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave. |
Cost: | Free |
URL: | www.lectures.iastate.edu |
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Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
Channel: | Lecture Series |
Categories: | Diversity Lectures |
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In 1940, there were nearly 1,900 daily newspapers in the United States read and shared by millions of Americans. These periodicals give us a glimpse into the intense struggles in the American heartland surrounding arguments promoting racism, discrimination, antisemitism, and isolationism during the 1930s and 1940s.