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In a 1919 analysis of the song's lyrics, Arthur Johnston stated that "Britannia, the Pride of the Ocean" had come first, "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" being adapted from it. [7] Johnston claimed that "the phrase, 'the service united' referred to the United Service Club , for which the song was written, the members of which belong both to the ...
November 1 – The Coal Strike of 1919 begins in the United States by the United Mine Workers under John L. Lewis. Final agreement comes on December 10. November 7 – The first of the Palmer Raids is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution : over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 different U.S ...
Vaudevillean Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" for Okeh Records, the first blues song commercially recorded by an African-American singer, [1] [2] [3] the first blues song recorded at all by an African-American woman, [4] and the first vocal blues recording of any kind, [5] a few months after making the first documented recording by an African-American female singer, [6] "You Can't Keep a Good ...
Arthur Farwell publishes Folk-Songs of the West and South, a collection of songs that include "The Lone Prairee", which Farwell called the first cowboy song to be printed, both words and music". [206] Robert Motts founds the first permanent black theater, in Chicago, the Pekin Theatre. [207]
1919: The Year That Changed America is a 2019 non-fiction children's book by American author Martin W. Sandler.The book details various events from 1919, including the Great Molasses Flood in Boston, "which led to building code, municipal oversight, and corporate liability precedents", the Nineteenth Amendment's passing, racial tensions, the Red Scare, changing labor conditions, and the ...
Swanee" is an American popular song from 1919 composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics written by Irving Caesar. It is most often associated with singer Al Jolson. The song was written for a New York City revue called Demi-Tasse, which opened in October 1919 at the Capitol Theater.
The California State Senate unanimously voted in favor of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the California State Assembly approved it with a vote of 73 for and 2 against, becoming the 18th state to ratify it. [1] [2] The United Mine Workers of America under John L. Lewis voted to strike in the United States. [3]
The King County Labor Council of Washington (Seattle, Wash.) Records. 1889–2003. 38.26 cubic feet (1.083 m 3) The Martin Luther King County Labor Council is the successor organization to the Seattle Central Labor Council. This collection contains records relating to the Seattle General Strike of 1919.