Thinking about the last part of the 20th century the 1990s i think makes sense to really dig into in terms of how people thought about the future in culture in popular cultural as well as in politics. So the themes and overviews that i want to talk about in terms of this do a little bit of looking back looking forward and then theyre kind of going to be two halves of the lecture links to kind of politics and links to pop culture. So i want to talk about the end of the cold war and especially how it manifested and how americans thought about politics. Then i want to talk about pop culture and think about the the way the 90s thought about the future and thought about the present even in terms of like everything is great or everything is terrible. The future will be wonderful or the future is going to be awful. Um adding here that as with all of my lectures im not going for comp like comprehensive coverage. But especially asking people to think about change over time and then like how doe
About today is picking up where we left off on thursday with the end of the cold war. And also im trying to make sure that we stitch different themes that weve had through the quarter and through both quarters together. The program is titled america to 2025. So something about the future is important and as ive been thinking about the last part of the 20th century the 1990s i think makes sense to really dig into in terms of how people thought about the future in culture in popular cultural as well as in politics. So the themes and overviews that i want to talk about in terms of this do a little bit of looking back looking forward and then theyre kind of going to be two halves of the lecture links to kind of politics and links to pop culture. So i want to talk about the end of the cold war and especially how it manifested and how americans thought about politics. Then i want to talk about pop culture and think about the the way the 90s thought about the future and thought about the pres
Think makes sense to really dig into in terms of how people thought about the future in culture in popular cultural as well as in politics. So the themes and overviews that i want to talk about in terms of this do a little bit of looking back looking forward and then theyre kind of going to be two halves of the lecture links to kind of politics and links to pop culture. So i want to talk about the end of the cold war and especially how it manifested and how americans thought about politics. Then i want to talk about pop culture and think about the the way the 90s thought about the future and thought about the present even in terms of like everything is great or everything is terrible. The future will be wonderful or the future is going to be awful. Um adding here that as with all of my lectures im not going for comp like comprehensive coverage. But especially asking people to think about change over time and then like how does idology how does Youth Culture how do systems of power chan
Work to ensure the legislation. In response to the shelby count e decision to ensure that all americans are protected and continue to be protected under the Voting Rights act, the work that we are doing to try and move this work forward. Its well documented on their website. Host we will conclude on that note. To both of you, thank you very much for being with us. Guest you are welcome, steve. Thank you for having me on the show. Host all this week, we will continue our look back at the legacy of Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society program. Get the full schedule online at cspan. Org we will turn our attention to the issue we focused on our first half hour here on cspans washingtwashi journal, the state of Race Relations today. You can begin dialling in s 202585. 3883. All weekend on cspans book t. V. And cspans American History. Our focus is welling are learn about people who traveled on the pony express and the calf, mormon trails all of this which passed through casper, wyoming. We
Africanamerican males. Think about this several months ago clive and bundy on his ranch, all of these militia guys ran down there and had assault rifles pointed at the police. Nothing was said. Can you imagine if it was the reverse with african pointing assault rifles at the police . This how often has occurred to you personally in your situation . Caller and my lifetime, three times. Host how was it resolved . Caller they check my license, told me i did not need to be in my neighborhood that neighborhood. I was simply visiting a friend. Compliant,ause i was you know, it didnt reach for anything. Educateded by about the police at the young age. My father always had these conversations with me. Its crazy, i find myself having the same conversations with my young 18yearold. It gets to a point where i dont that africanamerican men are angry, i think they just have an edge to them because generation after generation they have to have these conversations with their young sons. I dont know i