Determined to be Heard: Challenging the Melting Pot Ideal
The determination of minority groups to forge a stronger cultural identity challenges the idea of the "melting pot" and becomes a threat to the idea of America for some citizens. Historian Gary Gerstle compares two very different Italian filmmakers:...
Determined to be Heard: Counterculture, The
In the 1960s and 1970s, the youth counterculture openly scorns the values and conventions of middle-class society. This counterculture becomes identified with San Francisco, with Los Angeles, and later rural communes. Social experimentation, alterna...
Determined to be Heard: New Feminism, The
Women begin to question the gender hierarchy particularly in light of their contribution to the civil rights and anti-war movements. President Kennedy initiates a commission on the status of women with Eleanor Roosevelt as its chair. Title 7 of the ...
Determined to be Heard: New Left, The
Political action and direct non-violent social protest are techniques often used by movements associated with the 1960s. Former student activist Scott Corbett talks about their shared commitment to steer the nation away from the disastrous course it...
Determined to be Heard: Seeds of Native-American Militancy
Native Americans did not achieve citizenship en masse until 1924 with the Indian Citizenship Act. The federal government attempts to force Native Americans into mainstream American life resulting in unemployment and Indians living in ghettos separat...
Determined to be Heard: Liberalism and the Civil Rights Movements of 1960s and 1970s
As a result of the various Civil Rights Movements of the late 1960s and 1970s, conservatives and liberals further define their ideology. Democrats continue to advocate minority rights and Republicans assert the aims of an older America for greater u...
Determined to be Heard: Mobilization of Minorities
The success of the African American civil rights movement encourages other minorities to fight for their rights. Historian Brian Balogh relates the vast changes he experienced growing up in Miami, Florida. During the 1970s minority groups begin to a...
Determined to be Heard: Latino Activism
Latinos are the fastest growing minority in United States, some tracing their roots to early Spanish settlers, others more recent arrivals. Many Mexican-Americans soldiers join the fight in Vietnam and return in body bags. The anti-war activism of t...
Determined to be Heard: Environmentalism in a Turbulent Society
As a result of the various Civil Rights Movements of the late 1960s and 1970s, conservatives and liberals further define their ideology. Democrats continue to advocate minority rights and Republicans assert the aims of an older America for greater u...
Determined to be Heard: Gay Liberation Movement
The gay liberation movement achieves major gains in the 1960s and 1970s in terms of political, economic rand social acceptance.