Sources
The People's Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present; Great Events of the 20th Century; The Timetables of African-American History; Chronicle of America; Chronicle of the 20th Century; The Annals of America; What Happened When; Weatherwise Magazine; "The Good Years," by Walter Lord; "The Big Change," by Frederick Lewis Allen; Eyewitness to History; The Encyclopedia of World Facts & Dates; Hoover's Handbook; World Almanac and Book of Facts; The World Almanac Book of Who; Terry's 1904 World's Fair Page; Useless Information; A Treasury of Great Reporting; "Inventors Who Left Their Brands on America," by Frank H. Olsen; "Dreadnaught: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War," by Robert K. Massie; The Dictionary of American Food & Drink; National Collegiate Athletic Association; Museum of the City of San Francisco; U.S. Geological Survey; "We Americans," by the National Geographic Society; New York Public Library American History Desk Reference; The Film Encyclopedia; The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians; "The Fight for Freedom," by Langston Hughes

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Producer: Michelle Buzgon/KRT
Designer: Ron Coddington/KRT
Research: Staff of Fort Worth Star-Telegram/KRT
Photography: National Archives

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