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Common Ground Common Ground [Autumn 1948]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.050 Author/Creator: Common Ground Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1948 Pagination: 8 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: Gotshal, Sylvan, 1897-1968
Munson, Halsey, fl. 1948
Miles, Charlotte, fl. 1948
Griffith, Beatrice, fl. 1948
Friedman, Ralph, fl. 1948
Chisholm, Brock, 1896-1971
Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994
Johnston, Leslie, fl. 1948
Currier, Isabel, fl. 1948
Blue, Edna, fl. 1948
McFadden, Elizabeth, fl. 1948
Kalischer, Clemens, 1921-2018
Stycos, J. Mayone, 1927-2016
Carleton, Sara King, fl. 1948
Jeleznov, Mikhaiv, fl. 1948
Logan, Milla Z., fl. 1948
Rose, Arnold M.,1918-1968
Paradise, Jean, fl. 1948

Historical Era: 1945 to the Present

Subjects: WritersRace discriminationAfrican American HistoryLatino HistoryImmigration and MigrationUnionsPuerto RicoPuerto Ricans

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