There was a man named Joseph McCarthy was claimed that he had a list of all the communists in the United States government. He did not however actually have a list. but was actually just pulling a publicity stunt. This is similar to the Salem Witch Trials because like them, people were claiming that others were witches, when in reality they were just normal people.
Thomas Jefferson, having been a big fan of the Enlightenment philosopher John Locke, talks specifically about how when a government becomes tyrannical, it is within the rights of the people to replace that government.
The Slave Coast is a historical name formerly used for parts of coastal West Africa along the Bight of Benin. The name is derived from the fact that it was a major source of African slaves during the Atlantic slave trade from the early 16th century to the 19th century.
Franklin D. Roosevelt that he would lead thousands of Blacks in a protest march on Washington, D.C.; Roosevelt, on June 25, 1941, issued Executive Order 8802, barring discrimination in defense industries and federal bureaus and creating the Fair Employment Practices Committee
The author of "The champion of the world" relates the outcome of the fight with the continuation of African American freedom. If the black fighter, Joe Louis, loses, it would be "another lynching, yet another Black man hanging on a tree. One more woman ambushed and r*ped." It would represent the end of African American pride, "If Joe lost we were back in slavery and beyond help. It would all be true, the accusations that we were lower types of human beings. Only a little higher than apes."
The other ones listening to the broadcast with her feels the same as it shown with the large celebration when Joe Louis wins. "People drank Coca-Colas like ambrosia and ate candy bars like Christmas."