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Booker T Washington

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“The Atlanta Exposition Speech” 1895
Compromise between white and black americans

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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“The Souls of Black Folk” 1903
Against segregation, argues for education for black men

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Emma Lazarus

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“The New Colossus” 1883
USA mother of all exiles

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Jacob Riis

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“How The Other Half Lives” 1889
Documentation of poor living conditions of immigrants

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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“Women and Economics” 1898
Men have all economic power in women markets

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Jane Addams

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“Twenty Years at Hull House” 1910
What immigrants can offer to the USA

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Making an American Citizen

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Silent short comedy film by Alice Guy-Blanche 1912
Teaching immigrants to respect their wives

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Edward Alsworth Ross

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“The Old World In The New” 1914
Immigrants = drag on social progress

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Horace Kallen

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“Democracy vs. The Melting Pot” 1915
Importance of maintaining cultural heritage

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Henry Ford

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“My Life and Work” 1922
Assembly Line technology of mass production

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Smedley Butler

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“War is a Racket” 1933
Military-industrial complex = biggest threat to American safety

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Beatrice Hinkle

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“New Morality” 1930
The overthrow of old feminism to found economic independence of women

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The Great Gatsby

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Novel by Fitzgerald 1925
Themes of: Wealth, Class, Idealism, Excess and resistance to change

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Robert S Lynd and Hellen Merrell Lynd

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“Middletown” 1929
Automotives single most influential technology in US

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Ralph Martin

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“Life in the New Suburbia” 1950
Suburbinism escape from urban politics

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Advertising Culture

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1960s New York agencies
New industry to get consumers buying products

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Modern Art Gallery

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American spin on art, began around 1920s
- Grant Wood “American Gothic” 1930
- Dorothea Lange “White Angel Breadline” 1933
- Jackson Pollack “Convergence” 1952

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Civil Rights Era

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Peaked in 1960s
Worldwide series of political movements for equality

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Disability Rights Movement

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Began in 1960s
Movement to secure equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities

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Pearl S Buck

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“The Child Who Never Grew” (1950)
Brought awareness to issues faced by disabled people

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Martin Luther King

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“Letter From Birmingham Jail” 1963
Argues for necessity of action in protest of unjust laws

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Malcolm X

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“Message to the Grassroots” 1963
Advocates for Pan-Africanism, Black self-determination, and self-defense

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Student Movement

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1960s
Produced counter culture that became synonymous with anti Vietnam War

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Ernesto Galarza

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“Barrio Boys” 1971
Celebrates family and culture while outlining discrimination faced by Mexican Americans

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Yellow Power Movement
Asian American civil rights movement, 1950-1960s Challenged stereotypes about Asian passivity and oriental labels
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Feminism
National American Women Suffrage Movement of 1890, renamed by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns to National Woman's Party in 1916
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Ella Baker
"Developing Community Leadership" 1970 Gives credit to women behind the CRM
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Betty Friedan
"The Feminine Mystique" 1963 Fighting against idea of domesticity (problem w/ no name)
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Vietnam War
1955-1975 Complicated and Long lasting war. Principly against communism but confusion on American participation
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Protest Music
Protest of Vietnam War was evident in eras music 1950-1990s - "John Brown" Bob Dylan 1995 - "Fortunate Son" Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969 - "Bring the Boys Back Home" Freda Payne 1971
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The Things They Carried
Stories about platoon of American soldiers in Vietnam by Tim O'Brien, written 1990 Narrative describes the objects the soldiers carried in war, shining light on conditions of war
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Marilyn Young
"The Vietnam Wars 1945-1990" 1991 Accounts the effects of Vietnam War on veterans 15 years post war
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Era of Neoliberalism
Roots in 1960 conservatism, becomes prominent in 1980 Free market and promise of civil liberties. Cold War and danger of spreading communism
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Music Video Culture
Music Videos transformed the way Americans viewed class struggles in the 1980s and 1990s - "Born in the USA" Bruce Springsteen 1984 - "Its the End of the World as we Know it and I Feel Fine" R.E.M. 1987 - "Fight the Power" Public Enemy 1990
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Milton Friedman
"Social Responsibility of a Business is to Increase Profit" 1970 Corporations should avoid anything related to social good and just increase their profits. 1 rule = do nothing new
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Ronald Reagan
"Farewell Address" 1989 Neoliberal policies and leveraged communism to create new sense of paranoia. Cut taxes
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David Harvey
"Brief History of Neoliberalism" 2007 Historical context of rise of Neoliberalism, seemed natural
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Benjamin Barber
"Jihad vs. McWorld" 1992 2 emerging world views, neither is desirable, both undermine democracy
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Events of September 11, 2001
Multinational group of islamic extremist Al Qaeda attack America. 2 planes crash into World Trade Center Towers in New York attacking capitalism physically and metaphorically
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George W Bush
"Response to 9/11" September 20th 2001 Us vs the Terrorists, lead to Iraq invasion, don't blame American Muslism or Middle Easterners
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Barack Obama
"A More Perfect Union" 2008 Sees integration of races and cultures in American society as next step forward for union
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Emma Watson
"Gender Equality is Your Issue Too" 2014 Urges men to join forces with women in voicing their dissatisfaction with inequality of genders
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The Visitor
2007 film by Tom McCarthy Changing feeling of foreigners and cultural differences in post 9/11 America. Intercultural understanding takes time and will

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