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William Allen White is best known as an outspoken newspaper editor during the early 20th century. Less known, however, is his personal involvement in the global issues of the day, especially major wars and revolutions. As a representative for the American Red Cross, for instance, he went to Europe in 1917 to view the Western Front and welcome the first of the
American soldiers. This presentation will explore White’s surprising interest in Russia and his diplomatic appointment at the Paris peace conference to a special conference on Russia.
Norman Saul is an emeritus professor of Russian history at the University of Kansas. The major focus of his research has been Russian-American relations, including his interest in the Volga
German and Mennonite emigration from Russia to the Great Plains.
"William Allen White reflected on the Russian Revolution that, quote, ‘Bolshevism is the tyranny of the proletariat minority trying to overcome by sheer fiat or mandate of faith the differences between men,’” said Saul. “White continued that they ‘have their economic expression in wages, interests, profits, rents, and superintendence.’”
“William Allen White and the Russian Revolution” is part of the Kansas Humanities Council’s
Kansas Stories Speakers Bureau, featuring presentations and discussions that examine our shared human experience—our innovations, culture, heritage, and conflicts.
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