The USA 1945-1974: The People and the State - History

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Contents

Post-war challenges in the USA 1945–1954

Civil Rights in the USA 1954–1964

Government and dissent c.1964–1974

Post-war challenges in the USA 1945–1954

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

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

The ‘Classical Phase’ of the Civil Rights Movement

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

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

Taking the Reins

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Confronting Stalin

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

A New National Security State

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

McCarthyism

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Converting America from War to Peace

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Before the 1950s

Prof. Charles Payne, Rutgers University

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

Origin Stories

Prof. Charles Payne, Rutgers University

Civil Rights in the USA 1954–1964

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

Martin Luther King and the Birmingham and Selma Campaigns

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

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

The JFK Debate

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

The Kennedy Family

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Congressman and Senator, 1946-60

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Battling Nixon: The 1960 Presidential Election

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Early Disaster: The Bay of Pigs Invasion

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Confronting Khrushchev: The Vienna Summit and the Berlin Crisis

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Civil Rights

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Vietnam

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

The Character Question: JFK Behind Closed Doors

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

An Image

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Civil Rights in the 1950s

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Socio-Cultural Change in the 1950s

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Eisenhower’s Legacy

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 – 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

Government and dissent c.1964–1974

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 PRESIDENCY OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1953-61

Later Foreign Policy: Vietnam, the CIA and the Soviet Union

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Introduction

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

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

Kennedy, Johnson and the Politics of the 1960s

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

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

The Great Society

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

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

The Vietnam War

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

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

Protest, Opposition and Legacy

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

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

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

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

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

How did Johnson rise to power?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Why did Johnson go to war in Vietnam?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Why could Johnson not win in Vietnam?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

Why did Johnson launch the Great Society and how successful was it?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

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

What was Johnson's legacy?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL