... ). The depression years saw a burst of union organizing, aided by the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. New industrial unions came into existence through the efforts of organizers led by John L. Lewis, Walter Ruther, Philip Murray, and others; in1937 they won contracts in the steel and auto industries. Total union membership rose from about 3 million in 1932 to over 10 million in ... ...
... started to become writers and the Harlem Renaissance existed. The increase in black writers carried over into the 1930's along with the addition of other famous writers, such as John Steinback and Sinclair Lewis. In the 1920's the manners and morals were very much challenged, another effect of new mortality, and things greatly changed. In 1930 there was more so a cry for ... ...
... unions that welcomed all the workers in an industry now challenged the older unionism of skilled workers in a particular trade, represented by the American Federation of Labor (AFL). In 1936 John L. Lewis, head of the United mineworkers of America (UMWA), left the AFL to organize a labor federation based on industrial unionism. He founded the Committee for Industrial Organizations, later known as the ... ...
... photos of Parisian life in the mid 20th century. Walker Evans produced imagery of American society during the Great Depression. John Gutmann produced pictures in the 1930s America but NOT the Great Depression, a precursor of the street photographers of the 50s. Lewis Hine was an activist producing documentary work from early 20th century, from Ellis Island to child labor to sweatshops. An ... ...
