HIST 3727 The 1960s: America Divided
This course examines the social, cultural, and political history of the 1960s in America, one of the most turbulent decades in our nation’s history. Focusing on such issues as the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon presidencies, the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War, the struggles between political liberalism and conservatism, the origins of the New Right, the student revolt, feminism, and the counterculture the course will explore the lasting effects this decade has had on politics and culture in the U.S.