Readjustment After World Wars
This essay traces how postwar changes after World War I and World War II reshaped the Negro middle class in America. It notes urban migration, court victories, and growing activism through civil rights groups, while detailing shifts in culture, education, and employment along with notable figures and institutions guiding the period.
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America
C. Vann Woodward
Marcus Garvey
Africa
George Baker
Devine
National Assny
Atland West
Ku Klux Klan
W.E.B. Dupeak
National Urban League
South
Will W. Alexander
Herlem
Claude McKay
Jeanraces
Toomer
Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes
Asia
Ing
Jter
Marian Andersson
Ralph Bunche
Defense plans amid Polaris and Atlas program shifts
The article notes President Eisenhower discussing defense needs after a Pacific trip and Gates indicating limited or no rise in overall spending. Navy to speed seven Polaris submarines with funds, Air Force to trim Bomarc missiles and expand Atlas, adding 18 Atlas missiles to the output program.
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Eisenhower
Navy
Air Force
White House
Gates
Atlas
Atlas Polaris Speedup Approved
President Eisenhower formally approves Defense Department plans to accelerate the Atlas intercontinental missile and Polaris submarine programs. Announcement made at the White House by Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates Jr after a conference with the president.
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Washington (Aa
Eisenhower
Defense Department
White House
Defense
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Gates
Democrats Urge Wiles for Federal Power Post
Three Kansas Democrats in the House urge President Eisenhower to appoint Harry G. Wiles, Kansas Corporation Commission chair, to the Federal Power Commission. They praise his efficiency and nonpartisanship. a vacancy exists after John B. Hussey's death. Wiles resides in St. John, Kansas.
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Washington
Harry G. Wiles
Kansas Corporation Commission
Federal Power Commission
Eisenhower
Kansas
Power Commission
John B. Hussey
Wiles
St. John, Kas
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