20th Century U.S. Social Justice Movements: '60s Going on '70s

Catalog description

This seminar invites students to delve into the intersecting social movements of the 1960s and 1970s. We will explore narratives of civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights, black power and the student and anti-war movements, among others, focusing on the ways in which the participants, agendas, goals, and strategies inspired, challenged, and influenced one another and the ways in which scholars and writers, both within and beyond the academy, have sought to contain, or at least manage, this vibrant yet unwieldy historical movement.