Between 1909 and 1914, Fernridge Lumber Co. in British Columbia, Canada, had time checks like this made for employees of Asian descent to wear around their necks: “These time checks were likely given to workers each morning and worn on a string around their necks, then handed back at the end ...
The Justice Department saw Du Bois’s petition as a threat to national security. They thought it was communist propaganda meant to encourage American pacifism in the face of Soviet aggression. They put Du Bois on trial in order to brand him as “un-American,” to use the language of Joe McCarthy’ ...