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Adding the Lens of Literature to the Testimony of Primary Documents
This summer, Suzanne Hunter Brown will join historian Jennifer Keene (Chapman University) to lead a course on the history and literature of the 20th century’s World Wars. Using primary historical…
LBJ’s Birthday: 27 August
27 August of 2017 marks the 109th birthday of Lyndon Baynes Johnson, our 34th president.…
Session 30 pt2: The Reagan Era and the New Deal Legacy; George W. Bush’s Founding Faith
Focus Reagan seemed to campaign against Roosevelt's legacy, but delighted in pointing out that he…
Session 30 pt1: Martin Luther King, Jr; Malcolm X
Focus Does King's proposal for a "Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged" indicate a shift…
Session 29: Brown v. Board of Education; Martin Luther King, Jr., Non-Violent Resistance, and the American Dream
Focus In Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court briefly traces the history of public…
Session 28: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP
Focus What role did Thurgood Marshall play in the Civil Rights Movement? What was his…
Session 27: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Democratic Leadership
Focus The political and constitutional legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt is impressive. What was his…
Session 26: The Progressive Reform and Self-Government
Focus The Progressives fought for reform at the turn of the century. What principled form…
Session 25: Booker T. Washington; W.E.B. Du Bois
Focus What did Washington believe were the most urgent priorities for blacks at the close…
Session 24: The Modern Era Confronts the American Founding
Focus What did the American founding and Civil War look like to politicians and public…