Federal surveillance of black Americans during the First World War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11445461 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Ellis (0000-0002-0435-1348, University of Strathclyde, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Immigrants & Minorities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-9288 • E-ISSN: 1744-0521 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02619288.1993.9974801 |
| OpenAlex | W2066380348 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The outbreak of the First World War and subsequent American involvement led to widespread government surveillance and monitoring of black organizations and individuals. Fearing sedition, a threat seemingly posed by German intervention and the Bolshevik ‘menace’, government agencies actively sought to identify and counter perceived dangers. Whilst blacks began increasingly to question the democratic rhetoric of the war effort, at least in so far as it had ramifications for the easing of prejudice and discrimination within the USA, the study clearly illustrates the assumptions about ‘race’ which helped formulate government fears and the lack of significant evidence of sedition or conspiracy
Criminology · Democracy · German · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Prejudice (legal term · Race (biology · Racism · Rhetoric · Sedition · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Military History and Strategy · Race, History, and American Society · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |