1924 ⟶ National Origins Quota Act of 1924
The National Origins Quota of 1924 and Immigration Act of 19...
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🚪 Pogroms in Southern Russia and Mass Emigration
Pogroms sweep southern Russia, propelling mass Jewish emigration from the Pale of Settlement: about 2 million Russian Jews emigrated in period 1880–1924, many of them to the United States (until the National Origins Quota of 1924 and Immigration Act of 1924 largely halted immigration to the U.S. from Eastern Europe and Russia). The Russian word "pogrom" becomes international.⟶
PogromViolenceEmigrationRussiaUnited States19th centuryMass ViolencePale of Settlement
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United States🚪 Expulsion of Jews from Moscow
Expulsion of 20,000 Jews from Moscow, Russia. The Congress of the United States eases immigration restrictions for Jews from the Russian Empire. (Webster-Campster report)⟶
ExpulsionPogromsRussian EmpireImmigrationUnited StatesWebster-Campster reportDiscriminationEmigration
RussiaUnited States🔥 Rise of Antisemitism in the US led by the Ku Klux Klan
Outbreak of antisemitism in United States, led by Ku Klux Klan.⟶
AntisemitismKu Klux KlanHate GroupsUnited StatesRacismWhite SupremacyEarly 20th CenturyNativism
United States🛂 National Origins Quota Act of 1924
The National Origins Quota of 1924 and Immigration Act of 1924 largely halted immigration to the U.S. from Eastern Europe and Russia; this was meant to restrict Eastern European Jews among others, as a great many of these immigrants coming from Russia and Eastern Europe were Jews (the "outbreak of antisemitism" mentioned in the above entry may have also played a part in the passage of these acts).⟶
ImmigrationUnited StatesQuota ActAntisemitismEastern EuropeDiscriminationNativismRestriction
United States📖 Bishop Alma Bridwell White's "The Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy"
The Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy is a 144-page book written by Bishop Alma Bridwell White in 1925 and illustrated by Reverend Branford Clarke. This book primarily espouses White's deep fear and hatred of the Roman Catholic Church while also promoting antisemitism, racism against African Americans, White supremacy, and Women's equality.⟶
Ku Klux KlanAntisemitismWhite SupremacyRacismReligious ExtremismUnited StatesPropagandaEarly 20th Century
United States👑 Bess Myerson and the Miss America Pageant
Bess Myerson was the first Jewish-American and the first Miss New York (competing as Miss New York City, a competition organized by a local radio station) to win the Miss America Pageant as Miss America 1945. As the only Jewish contestant, Myerson was encouraged by the pageant directors to change her name to "Bess Meredith" or "Beth Merrick" but she refused. After winning the title (and as a Jewish Miss America), Myerson received few endorsements and later recalled that "I couldn't even stay in certain hotels there would be signs that read no coloreds, no Jews, no dogs. I felt so rejected. Here I was chosen to represent American womanhood and then America treated me like this." She thus cut short her Miss America tour and instead traveled with the Anti-Defamation League. In this capacity, she spoke against discrimination in a talk entitled, "You Can't Be Beautiful and Hate."⟶
Post-WarUnited StatesDiscriminationAntisemitismMiss AmericaBess MyersonCivil RightsJewish American
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