Intellectuals and Journalism

During the era of imperialism and global conflict, intellectuals and journalists shaped public debate by critiquing empire, militarism, and wartime suppression of dissent. Through essays, investigative reporting, and philosophical treatises, writers and thinkers challenged government policy, defended civil liberties, and provided vital moral and analytical frameworks that influenced American democracy and international policy.

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Year	Intellectuals and Journalism
1835	Birth of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Period: November 30, 1835, Location: Florida, Missouri, United States)
1842	Birth of William James (Period: January 11, 1842, Location: New York City, New York, United States)
1861	American Civil War
1868	Birth of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (Period: February 23, 1868, Location: Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States)
1870	Marriage (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Olivia Langdon Clemens)
1876	Publication of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
1878	Marriage (William James, Alice Gibbens James)
1880	Failure of Investment in the Paige Compositor
1884	Publication of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
1886	Birth of Randolph Silliman Bourne (Period: May 30, 1886, Location: Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States)
1890	Publication of "The Principles of Psychology"
1896	Marriage (W. E. B. Du Bois, Nina Gomer Du Bois) Marriage (W. E. B. Du Bois, Nina Gomer)
1898	Spanish-American War
1899	Joining the Anti-Imperialist League Philippine–American War
1900	Holding of the Pan-African Congress Pan-African Congress movement
1902	Publication of "The Varieties of Religious Experience"
1903	Publication of The Souls of Black Folk
1905	Formation of the Niagara Movement
1906	Lectures on Pragmatism
1909	Founding of the NAACP
1910	Death of Samuel Langhorne Clemens Death of William James
1911	Social Criticism Based on Experience with Disability
1914	World War I
1916	Publication of "Trans-National America"
1917	Publication of "The War and the Intellectuals"
1918	Death due to the Spanish Flu Pandemic Writing of "The State" Death of Randolph Silliman Bourne
1933	New Deal
1939	World War II
1945	Yalta Conference
1951	Peace Information Center trial Marriage (W. E. B. Du Bois, Shirley Graham Du Bois) Indictment under McCarthyism
1963	Death of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
Unknown	Marriage Marriage (Randolph Silliman Bourne, No marriage record, Period: Not applicable, Location: Not applicable)

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New England	Boston’s prestigious family: The Bramin class Imperialism and Naval Expansion Theory Spanish-American War and Overseas Expansion World War I and International Diplomacy The New Deal and World War II Intellectuals and Journalism Policy Network Black Intellectuals
South	The Wilson Family The Roosevelt Administration Southern politician

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