7. A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 - English Literature

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Contents

The Red Scare and McCarthyism

Civil rights in the 1950s

The impact of civil rights protests, 1960–74

Other protest movements: students, women, anti–Vietnam

The Red Scare and McCarthyism

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF HARRY TRUMAN, 1945-53

McCarthyism

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

Civil rights in the 1950s

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1953-61

Civil Rights in the 1950s

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – EARLY STEPS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1940-60

Origin Stories

Prof. Charles Payne, Rutgers University

US HISTORY – EARLY STEPS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1940-60

The Price of Democracy

Prof. Charles Payne, Rutgers University

US HISTORY – EARLY STEPS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1940-60

"Strong People Don't Need Strong Leaders"

Prof. Charles Payne, Rutgers University

US HISTORY – EARLY STEPS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1940-60

Conclusion

Prof. Charles Payne, Rutgers University

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

The ‘Classical Phase’ of the Civil Rights Movement

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Late 1940s to the Mid-1950s

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

The impact of civil rights protests, 1960–74

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

The Grass Roots Battle for Racial Equality in the 1960s

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

Black Power and the Changing African American Freedom Struggle

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

Malcolm X, Watts, and the Emergence of Black Power

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

Martin Luther King and the Birmingham and Selma Campaigns

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

Civil Rights

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

The Civil Rights Movement

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

How did the idea of "civil rights" change after the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

How did liberals respond to the demands of the Black Power movement?

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia

Other protest movements: students, women, anti–Vietnam

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

Introduction

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

How successful was Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society?

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

Which did more to change America: the political activism of the New Left or the freethinking Counterculture?

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

To what extent was 1968 a turning point in American history?

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia