U.S.History from 1865-present

In this forum, we analyze the sweeping changes that took place in the years after World War II, the 1950s,
1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, through an analysis of a song, several images, a video, public history presentation,
and oral histories. Here’s what I’d like for us to do:
Part I. Review the following documents from the module readings:
Bledsoe, John. “Little Rock Rally” (image, 1959)
Garcia, Juanita. “Migrant Farmers and Immigrant Labor” (1952)
Guthrie, Woodie. “This Land” (1954)
In the Suburbs (1957)
Student sit-in at Woolworth in Durham, North Carolina
Choose at least one of these documents and create a post that:
Summarizes the message conveyed in the document.
Analyzes the meaning or intention of the message.
Explains how the event or issue being described was transforming American society.

Explores how Americans were both turning inward and gaining an international perspective.
Please try to make sure that all of the documents above are covered in our discussion. If a classmate already
has created a post on a document you wish to analyze, please simply add your comments to that thread. Do
not create a new post.
Part II. Now, please review these documents, which depict events and issues from the 1960s through 1980s:
Franklin, Aretha. Respect
The Black Panther Party Platform (1966)
A Peaceful Protest Against the Vietnam War (1967, image)
New York City Subway (1973)
Stop ERA Protest (1977)
Joel, Billy. Allentown
Allentown Lyrics
Statements from The Parents Music Resource Center (1985)
Again, choose at least one document and create a post that:
Summarizes the message conveyed in the document.
Analyzes how the meaning or intention of the message might have been coming in response to some of the
meanings and messages conveyed in the documents analyzed in Part I.
Compares and contrasts the mood of American society in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
How did American society change from the early 1950s through the 1980s?
How were these documents illustrative of America’s complex relationship with the world throughout these
decades.
Again, please try to make sure that all of the documents above are covered in our discussion. If a classmate
already has created a post on a document you wish to analyze, please simply add your comments to that
thread. Do not create a new post.
Part III. Now, we’ll look at a final set of documents. One offers a historic perspective on the women’s
movement; another recounts experiences of some of the first patients diagnosed with AIDS; and another
reflects on a brutal beating death of a Chinese American man in Detroit.
First But Not the Last: Women Who Ran for President
This is Not a Gay Issue: This is a Human Issue: Early AIDS Patients Recount Their Experiences with the
Disease (1983)
35 Years After Vincent Chin’s Murder, How Has America Changed?
Review these documents, and create discussion threads that:
Analyzes the upheavals and changes in American society from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Defend or refute the question that we began to ponder at the start of the semester: Has the United States truly
healed?

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