Elected president. Hes young, hes charismatic. He had platformed on a number of promises. So this should give a bit of context to where the Womens Movement is coming into play as we work through some of these overview issues. Now, the 60s as much promise as there was, we also know there was a lot of issues. Particularly racial issues. But it was a period of great change, warfare, and for those who did find promise in the 1960s, there were those who didnt get access to that. And so there are a number of individuals and groups fighting for access. So we have the 1967 detroit riots. A series of political assassinations. Jfk in 1963. In 1968 you also have the assassinations of Martin Luther king jr. And bobby kennedy. So theres also a lot of fear about what this change means and a lot of people are reacting to that. Focusing on jfk because were going to be talking most about women in the Civil Rights Movement today, well be focusing on other womens experiences on wednesday. But to give you
And of course, we read a few of the letters that he sent home when he was traveling in 1959, as well as in 1964 in africa as well as the middle east. As well as a few speeches that he made. One in 1959 and another in 1965 before he was killed. That really sort of talked about his viewpoints on africa. And then also a very critical interview that he gave when he attended the organizational organization of African Unity conference in in late july of 1964. In which he sort of discussed his strategy and the reason why he came to that conference and was appealing to these african heads of state. So hopefully, everyones read and and listened to these speeches. And so we can really sort of get a sense of of malcolm xs viewpoints on africa. But really, i mean, i think in order for us to really understand why malcolm expressed some of the things he did in these in these letters. Because in many ways, we see that hes sort of arguing against particular ideas within the black community that were w
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Possibility, a lot of opportunity, and the postwar era. In 1961, jfk had been elected president. He is young, charismatic, a and he had a platform on a number of promises, so this should give context for where the Womens Movement is coming into play as we work through these overview issues. Now the 1960s, as much promise as there was, we also know there were a lot of issues, particularly racial issues, but it was a period of great change. Warfare. And for those who did find promise in the 1960s, there were those who did not get access to that. So there are a number of individuals and groups fighting for that access. You have the 1967 detroit riots, a series of political assassinations. Jfk in 1963. 1968, the assassination of Martin Luther king jr. And bobby kennedy, so there is fear about what this change means and people are reacting to that. Focusing on jfk, because we will be talking mostly about women in the Civil Rights Movement today, focusing on other womens experiences on wedne
Thank you for coming. And thank you to all of you for being here, and thank you to our speaker for making it here. We had planned for him to come to a Different Event some time ago and the weather got in the way. This time, the weather did not prevent him from arriving and we are so excited to have Steve Woodworth. He taught for eight years at toccoa, so he has some good georgia roots in that area, and he went on to texas christian university, where he is the powerhouse. The people who say, who should i study with . He is one of the first names to come up for them and for me. One of my first books of steves was Jefferson Davis as general. It was an area that did not have his name associated with it. I picked of volume that had a thomas connection, the chickamauga campaign. Steve has coedited many more than that. I asked him, i said have you continued to produce looks at the same level that you produce children, as he has a huge family. The absolute nicest people in the world, just a ge