He illuminated 20th-century American life through philosophical depth and a wild sense of ... crime and class. This timeline explores Bellow’s life and the major milestones in his career. 1915 ...

Selected by Adam Hochschild, the author, most recently, of ‘American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis.’ ...

If Trump wins a second term, the things that made America great in the 20th century will be unmade, one by one, and the American Century will be over. Ryan Teague Beckwith.

In the early part of the 20th century, the Great Migration saw millions of African Americans leave the South for urban areas in the North. Now a new study sheds light on another great migration.

Between the hot war in Europe and a brewing cold one between America and China, today’s world has a very 20th-century feel. Amid these echoes, historians and international-relations buffs have ...

Civil rights in America in the 20th Century. World War Two. In 1941, when America entered World War Two, most blacks still lived in the Southern states.

The mid-20th century cultural tastes of American Jews are explored in three new books: “Postwar Stories” by Rachel Gordan, “Write Like a Man” by Ronnie Grinberg and “Carrying a Big ...

Assassination plots have been a part of American political life since the 19th century. Open main menu. WASHINGTON ... Timeline: American assassination attempts.