Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.050 Author/Creator: Common Ground Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1948 Pagination: 112 p. ; 22.8 x 15.4 cm.

Summary of Content: One issue of Common Ground dated Autumn 1948. Features topics and authors of various cultures and backgrounds. Includes material related to prejudice expressed through poetry, essays, photographs of dock workers, segregation, and Puerto Rico's overpopulation.

Background Information: Common Ground

People: Arnesen, Sigurd J., fl. 1948
Blue, Edna, fl. 1948
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963
Buck, Pearl S., 1892-1973
Carleton, Sara King, fl. 1948
Chase, Mary Ellen, 1887-1973
Chisholm, Brock, 1896-1971
Currier, Isabel, fl. 1948
Davis, Malcolm W., fl. 1948
Ennis, Edward J., fl. 1948
Friedman, Ralph, fl. 1948
Gotshal, Sylvan, 1897-1968
Gotshal, Sylvan, 1897-1968
Griffith, Beatrice, fl. 1948
Harrison, Earl G., fl. 1948
Houghteling, James L., fl. 1948
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Jeleznov, Mikhail, fl. 1948
Johnston, Leslie, fl. 1948
Kalashnikoff, Nicholas, fl. 1948
Kalischer, Clemens, 1921-2018
Kelley, Nicholas, fl. 1948
Konvitz, Milton R., 1908-2003
Logan, Milla Z., fl. 1948
McFadden, Elizabeth, fl. 1948
McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980
Meiklejohn, Alexander, 1872-1964
Miles, Charlotte, fl. 1948
Munson, Halsey, fl. 1948
Paradise, Jean, fl. 1948
Roche, Josephine, fl. 1948
Rose, Arnold M.,1918-1968
Schibsby, Marian, fl. 1948
Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994
Stycos, J. Mayone, 1927-2016
Zagat, Eugene H., fl. 1948

Historical Era: 1945 to the Present

Subjects: WritersRace discriminationAfrican American HistoryLatino HistoryImmigration and MigrationUnionsPuerto RicoPuerto Ricans

Sub Era: The Civil Rights Movement

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