1 15. So our focus today then is going to be the montgomery bus boycott. Like i said. Thats what you read all of your sources for, except the payne article which gave you a larger focus. To do that. We are going to go back to our discussion of origin points, right . Our favorite slide which you are going to be so sick of, right, representing the narrative arc of the popular story of the Civil Rights Movement. And we are going back to our topic of origin points again with the objective of troubling it. One, putting those events in context, but also troubling the idea of them as arge points. Last week, we discussed brown versus board of education. We discussed the decision, response, the impact, but also the legacy. And i want to talk more about the legacy as we go forward. But we are to the going do that today. Then on tuesday, we spent time talking about the emmett till case, right . And the lynching of emmett till in august of 19 a 5. We used a mix of primary and secondary sources to
Going to go back for discussion of origin points, our favorites light which you are going to be so sick of representing the narrative arc of the popular story of the Civil Rights Movement and we are going back to our topic of origin points again with the objective of troubling it, putting those events in context but also troubling the idea of them as origin points. Last week we discussed brown versus board of education, we discussed the decision, response, the impact but also the legacy. I want to talk more about the legacy as we go forward. But we are not going to do that today. And then on tuesday, we spent time talking about the emmett till case, the lynching of emmett till in august of 1955. We used a mix of secondary and primary sources to consider how ideologies of race, gender and justice impacted that case and impacted the live experience of the people in that case. I want to take a moment to pull out and say that this week, what happened this week that is of significance in re
Debated by leaders as they tried to decide how to deal with destroyed economies, failed empires, and competing political ideologies. Jason i want to extend a welcome to all the viewers joining us. It is a great pleasure to talk to my friend and one time colleague mike neiberg, from the army war college. Mike and i were colleagues. This is going back a ways, so 2006, in the History Department of southern mississippi, we have stayed in touch quite a bit as we both moved on. We have always had shared interests. It is great to be here with you today and to have a conversation on a subject that is extremely timely, which is really responding to crisis. Obviously what needs to be said is the audience has seen all of the evidence they can of the current crisis, the economic downturn that will be the serious issue for leaders, for everyday people. It seems a good time to talk about two major 20thcentury crises. At the end of two world wars and how leaders responded, and to raise an issue about
What is changing this year for this test, because of the coronavirus pandemic . Guest there is quite a bit that is changing this year. Probably the biggest change is that it is a shorter test. This test will only be about 45minutes long. It is going to be an online test for students. In addition, it is just one documentbased essay question with five documents. And finally, it is an exam that take at home from their computers. So in this era of Distance Learning, colleges have modified the test while keeping the same skills students need to be successful. And finally, this test is an opennote test. The College Board is not going to try to prohibit students from using the notes, so students may refer to the notes as they take the exam. Guest and i think it is really exciting the changes they have made. They have kept the documentbased questions. The dbq in a lot of ways is the crown jewel of the test. It allows you to show off your writing skills, your ability to make arguments, to inter
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