Description Acclaimed author Sandler examines the pinnacle events of 1919 and their relevance to significant issues in American life today.
Sandler has taught American history and American studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and at Smith College, and lives in Massachusetts..
He has won five Emmy Awards for his writing for television and is the author of more than sixty books, two of which have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and four of which were YALSA-Nonfiction Award finalists.
Sandler is the award-winning author of Imprisoned, Lincoln Through the Lens, The Dust Bowl Through the Lens, and Kennedy Through the Lens.
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Sandler traces the momentum and setbacks of these movements through this last century, showing That progress isn\'t always a straight line and offering a unique lens through which we can understand history and the change many still seek.
Now, one hundred years later, these same social issues are more relevant than ever.
Each of these movements reached a tipping point That year.
Laborers took to the streets to protest working conditions; nationalistic fervor led to a communism scare; and temperance gained such traction That prohibition went into effect.
The suffrage movement had a long-fought win when women gained the right to vote.
America was recovering from World War I and black soldiers returned to racism so violent That That summer would become known as the Red Summer. 1919 was a world-shaking year.
Description Acclaimed author Sandler examines the pinnacle events of 1919 and their relevance to significant issues in American life today
