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Expanding Rights in the 1960s and 1970s
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor William Sturkey taught a class about expanding rights in the 1960s and '70s, looking at women’s…
6 years, 3 months ago
Rural America after the Civil War
James Madison University professor Andrew Witmer taught a class about the evolution of rural areas after the Civil War. Using his own hometown of Mon…
6 years, 3 months ago
Power in Antebellum Slave Societies
University of Maryland professor Christopher Bonner taught a class about the concept of “power” in antebellum slave societies. He explored the differ…
6 years, 3 months ago
Civil War Weaponry
Guilford Technical Community College professor Jeff Kinard taught a class about Civil War weaponry and shared artifacts such as muskets, carbines and…
6 years, 3 months ago
Neutrality and World War I America
University of Minnesota Professor Saje Mathieu taught a class about “neutrality” and what that concept meant in World War I America. She explained ho…
6 years, 4 months ago
Cuban Missile Crisis
Grove City College Professor Paul Kengor explored the tense days of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union faced off over missiles …
6 years, 4 months ago
1960s African American Voter Registration
Emory University professor Carol Anderson taught a class about efforts in the early 1960s to register African American voters in Mississippi. She des…
6 years, 4 months ago
Lyndon Johnson & Escalation in Vietnam
Boston College professor Seth Jacobs discussed President Lyndon Johnson and the factors that led him to escalate the war in Vietnam following the ass…
6 years, 4 months ago
Preamble of the Declaration of Independence
Clemson University professor C. Bradley Thompson teaches a class about the preamble of the Declaration of Independence.
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6 years, 5 months ago
Women & Farm Work in the 20th Century
Iowa State University professor Carmen Bain teaches a class on women's work on family farms during the 20th century.
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6 years, 5 months ago