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The 1940s (pronounced "nineteen-forties" and commonly abbreviated as "the '40s" or "the Forties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1940, and ended on December 31, 1949. Most of World War II took place in the first half of the decade, which had a profound effect on most countries and people in Europe , Asia , and elsewhere.
Pages in category "20th-century social movements" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
William Beveridge's Social Insurance and Allied Services is published. James Burnham's The Managerial revolution is published; Stuart C. Dodd's Dimensions of Society is published. Georges Gurvitch's Sociology of Law is published. Siegfried Frederick Nadel's A Black Byzantium is published.
Jane Addams was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, [63] [64] sociologist, [65] public administrator [66] [67] and author. She was a notable figure in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and an advocate of world peace. [68] She co-founded Chicago's Hull House, one of America's most famous ...
On November 3, the case was to be moved to jury trial set for January 1927, charging McPherson, her mother, and other defendants with criminal conspiracy, perjury and obstruction of justice. If convicted, McPherson faced a maximum prison time of 42 years. [160] [161] [162] However, the prosecution's case developed credibility issues.
Dr. Martin Luther King was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement, which emphasized nonviolence in the struggle for social justice and to give Black Americans equal rights under the law. According to David J. Garrow, King in private conversation "made it clear to close friends that economically speaking he considered himself what he termed a ...
The social and cultural features known as the Roaring Twenties began in leading metropolitan centers and spread widely in the aftermath of World War I. The spirit of the Roaring Twenties was marked by a general feeling of novelty associated with modernity and a break with tradition, through modern technology such as automobiles, moving pictures ...
The National Union for Social Justice (NUSJ) was a United States political movement formed in 1934 by Charles Coughlin, a Catholic priest and radio host. It heavily criticized communism , capitalism , and the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt , while also advocating for the nationalization of utilities and banks.