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Presents personal narratives of the civil rights movement collected by journalists, photographers, and videographers on a seventy-day bus trip around the U.S.; examines the spy operations of the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission during the movement and the 1965 beating of civil rights marchers by Alabama state troopers on a bridge in Selma; and tells the life stories of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Thurgood Marshall.

Uses reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews with historians to examine significant events in the political history of the U.S. from 1960 to 1980, a period that encompassed the presidencies of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter, discussing the Civil Rights movement, the Iranian hostage crisis, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, and other topics.

As the 2000s moved forward, people changed the way they socialized, worked, and even entertained.

A series of articles dealing with the changing economic, political, and social aspects of present-day Canada and the influence of an emerging spirit of nationalism.

"This collection will introduce students and educators to a diverse range of genres, including journals, letters, speeches, government legislation, and court opinions. Documents represent the diversity of ideas and contexts that define social, political and cultural subjects throughout American history. This...resource provides students and researchers with many new ways to explore the 1940s, as the country was affected by World War II"--Amazon.com.

"Discusses the decade 1990-1999 in the United States in terms of culture, art, science, and politics"--Provided by publisher.

"Discusses the decade 1980-1989 in the United States in terms of culture, art, science, and politics"--Provided by publisher.

"Discusses the decade 1970-1979 in the United States in terms of culture, art, science, and politics"--Provided by publisher.