Title: Henry Alsberg
Description: "During the Great Depression, Henry Alsberg, a journalist with a passion for social justice, directed the Federal Writers' Project, a New Deal program of the Works Progress Administration. Under his guidance, thousands of unemployed writers were hired. This book brings Alsberg to light as an important but forgotten figure of the 20th century"--
Subjects: Federal Writers' Project, Intellectual life, Civilization, History, Biography, Journalists, Authors, american, Federal theater project, Jews, Jewish journalists, Antisemitism
Places: United States
People: Henry G. Alsberg (1881-1970)
Time periods: 20th century, 1918-1945