Week of April 3, Wednesday Lecture

I. Civil Rights and Beyond

• The Various Aspects of the Movement
  Phil Ochs, "Here's To the State of Mississippi"
• The Role of the Federal Government
• March on Washington
  IMAGE: MLK in Washington
  AUDIO: Exerpt from MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech
• 1964 Civil Rights Act
  TEXT: The Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Integration and Interracialism
• Radicalization and Black Power
  IMAGE: Black Power at the 1968 Olympics
  TEXT: The Black Panther Party Platform (1972)
• The Struggle Continues

II. Liberalism

• What Is Liberalism???

1. Classic 18th Century Liberalism
2. Progressive Era
3. New Deal
4. Evolutionary Change

• Postwar Liberals and Conservatives
• Reformers Reawaken

III. JFK

• The Man
• The Campaign
  IMAGE: JFK on the Road in New Hampshire
  IMAGE: The Kennedy - Nixon Debates
• The Promise
  TEXT: JFK's Inauguration Speech
• The New Frontier

1. "Lead the Nation Through Orderly Change to End Poverty and
Injustice"
2. " Lead the World to Peace by Standing Strong"

• Liberal Concerns

1. Equal Rights and Civil Rights
2. Social Welfare

IV. JFK's Record

V. LBJ

• 1964 Civil Rights Act
  TEXT: The Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Constituency for Further Reform
• "Great Society"
  IMAGE: Johnson Launches the Great Society
• Equal Opportunity Act
• 1964 Mandate
  IMAGE: LBJ's Victory
• The Liberal Achievement

1. Medicare: Health Insurance for the Elderly
2. Major Educational Aid Package
3. Housing Act with Federal Subsidies
4. Urban Mass Transit
5. Operation Head Start
6. Manpower Training
IMAGE: The Job Corps
7. Mental Health Funding
8. Teachers' Corps
9. Environmental Safety Act
10. Voting Rights Act

VI. Evaluating the War on Poverty

TEXT: Johnson's "War on Poverty" Speech, 1965

• Much Success in War on Poverty
• Still Never a Full-scale War
• Overwhelmed by War Against Vietnam

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created: February 10, 2000
last updated: February 23, 2000

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