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Lectures in History

Gender & 1960s Activism

Lectures in History

C-SPAN

History, Politics, News

4.1696 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Stevenson University professor Jamie Goodall teaches a class about female activists and the 1960s civil rights movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Next on Lectures in History, Stevenson University Professor Jamie Goodall teaches a class about female activists and the 1960s civil rights movement.

1:04.3

She focuses on several women in the student nonviolent coordinating committee who held leadership roles and the challenges they faced.

1:14.8

So today we have shifted into the 1960s. One of the things about the 1960s is this idea that a lot of Americans felt that they were on the precipice of promise, of greatness, right?

1:29.9

The 60s held a lot of possibility, a lot of opportunity in the post-war era. In 1961, JFK had just

1:39.1

been elected president. He's young. He's charismatic. He had platformed on a number of promises.

1:47.3

And so this should give a little bit of context for where the women's movement is coming into

1:52.4

play as we work through some of these overview issues. Now, the 60s, as much promise as there was,

2:04.5

we also know there are a lot of issues, particularly racial issues, but it was a period of great change, warfare.

2:12.3

And for those who did find promise in the 1960s, there were those who didn't get access to that.

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