HIST 156

The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage

Examines the key events and ideas that helped shape American politics and culture in the 1960s. Special emphasis placed on political power, race and racism, the role of dissent and social activism, and nonviolent civil disobedience. Covers the Vietnam War, the African-American Civil Rights movement, the Chicano movement, the women's movement, the counterculture, as well as social conflict and its resolution.

Units: 3.0