"Investigate Everything"
Title | "Investigate Everything" PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore Kornweibel, Jr. |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | 344 |
Release | 2002-05-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780253109231 |
Free speech for African Americans during World War I had to be exercised with great caution. The federal government, spurred by a superpatriotic and often alarmed white public, determined to suppress any dissent against the war and require 100% patriotism from the black population. These pressures were applied by America's modern political intelligence system, which emerged during the war. Its major partners included the Bureau of Investigation (renamed the FBI in 1935); the Military Intelligence Division; and the investigative arms of the Post Office and State departments. Numerous African American individuals and institutions, as well as 'enemy aliens' believed to be undermining black loyalty, became their targets. Fears that the black population was being subverted by Germans multiplied as the United States entered the war in April 1917. In fact, only a handful of alleged enemy subversives were ever identified, and none were found to have done anything more than tell blacks that they had no good reason to fight, or that Germany would win. Nonetheless, they were punished under wartime legislation which criminalized anti-war advocacy. Theodore Kornweibel, Jr. reveals that a much greater proportion of blacks was disenchanted with the war than has been previously acknowledged. A considerable number were privately apathetic, while others publically expressed dissatisfaction or opposition to the war. Kornweibel documents the many forms of suppression used to intimidate African Americans, and contends that these efforts to silence black protest established precedents for further repression of black militancy during the postwar Red Scare.
Investigate Indian Affairs
Title | Investigate Indian Affairs PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1742 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
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Investigate Indian Affairs
Title | Investigate Indian Affairs PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1314 |
Release | 1944 |
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Investigation of the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr
Title | Investigation of the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Assassinations |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1658 |
Release | 1979 |
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... Report and Hearings of the Select Committee Appointed to Investigate Certain Charges Under House Resolution 543 ..
Title | ... Report and Hearings of the Select Committee Appointed to Investigate Certain Charges Under House Resolution 543 .. PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 926 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Merchant marine |
ISBN |
Charges against Halvor Steenerson, in his official capacity, and against the membership of the House generally, concerning proposed legislation in relation to the American merchant marine.
Investigation of the Department of the Interior and of the Bureau of Forestry
Title | Investigation of the Department of the Interior and of the Bureau of Forestry PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress Joint committee to investigate Interior dept. and Forest service |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1096 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Coal |
ISBN |
Investigation of Bureau of Internal Revenue
Title | Investigation of Bureau of Internal Revenue PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Investigation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1868 |
Release | 1925 |
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