Class on the 1960s Vietnam Antiwar Movement and how it expands the nations democratic process. This was recorded in 2010 at Temple University in philadelphia. Professor farber now teaches at the university of kansas. So, weve been talking these last few weeks out loud about a few core issues that have, in many ways have given thematic intensity to the 1960s era. Weve been trying to think about the meaning and reality of equality in the United States in the 60s era. Weve been pondering what Democratic Practice could and should look like in the United States, and then very pertinent to what well do today, what role the United States should play internationally. What role should the United States play in a world that was fast changing in the 1960s. So weve gotten to the point in this class where weve reached a point where president johnson has decided by early 1965 to begin a forthright military intervention by the United States in vietnam. And the reasons have been fairly compellingly la
This class in 2010 at Temple University in philadelphia. Professor farber now teaches at the university of kansas. So weve been talking these last few weeks out loud about a few core issues that have, in many ways, given thematic intensity to the 1960s era. Weve been trying to think about the meaning and reality of equality in the United States in the 60s era. Weve been pondering what Democratic Practice could and should look like in the United States, and then very much so and very pertinent to what were going to do today what role the United States should play internationally, what role should the United States play in a world that was fast changing in the 1960s. So weve gotten to the point in this class where weve reached a point where president johnson has decided by early 1965 to begin a forthright military intervention by the United States in vietnam, and the reasons have been fairly compellingly laid out by johnson between 1964 and 65, with the gulf tonkan resolution in 1964 the
Five minutes. When is his need to unmute themselves when recognized for their five minutes or ask a question. Please keep your camera on at all times even if you need to step away for a moment during proceedings. Do not leave the meeting. As we begin, we should take a moment to honor an important anniversary in our nations history. Fiftyseven years ago today, hundreds of self thousands of americans came to our Nations Capital for the march on washington, the job and freedom. Our hero, late representative, john lewis from the Lincoln Memorial that day. He fearlessly challenged our countrys denial of freedom and civil rights to black americans including the right to vote. Within 70 years earlier called preservative of all rights. Today, many people are gathering at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the march and continue demands for Voting Rights, racial equality, Police Accountability and criminal justice reform. On income it access to voting, the bedrock of our democracy. Today, the
Few core issues that have in many ways given thematic intensity to the 1960s era. Weve been trying to think about the meaning and reality of equality in the United States in the 1960s era. Weve been pondering what Democratic Practice could and should look like in the United States, and then very pertinent to what well do today, what role the United States should play internationally. What role should the United States play in a world that was fast changing in the 1960s . So weve gotten to the point in this class where weve reached a point where president johnson has decided by early 1965 to begin a forthright military intervention by the United States in vietnam. And the reasons have been fairly compellingly laid out by johnson between 1964 and 1965. With the gulf of tonkin resolution in 1964, the president made his case that there was aggression coming from North Vietnam pointed at the south, and pointed at the United States as well in the attack on u. S. Ships in International Waters
From Merrimack College and masters in phd from university of illinois at urbanachampaign. As a former magazine writer and editor her Research Interests include 19th century print culture, womens magazines and radical or alternative press. Before we begin the program i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining virtual nhs program for the first time. If youre not familiar with the Massachusetts Historical Society with first historical site in america and had been collecting, preserving, publishing, sharing our history since 1791. We hold an amazing collection of 14 million man script pages including papers the first three president s of the United States. abim sorry, three of the first president of the United States. We are continuing to collect a today if youre interested, we are currently collecting material related to the covid19 experience. We have a special initiative designed to record peoples experiences during this unusual time and preserve a deserved s