... Thompson democracy freedom songs Holly Springs Freedom School Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party MFDP Chaney Ben Chaney James Dennis Dave Freedom Summer volunteers disappearance death of Johnson Lyndon Kabat Lucien as a Freedom Summer volunteer New York Times Vietnam War Falk Gail Kabat...

... at the time. Among the topical issues explored by the film are the Vietnam War draft, computer dating, the Kennedy assassination, and pornographic movies. Made for $43,000 by a non-union crew of friends, relatives, and students from New York University, Greetings was De Palma's “contemporary...

...The final chapter will consider how Chandler’s novels have created a lasting legacy in contemporary fiction. The Vietnam War and the revival of the “traditional” hard-boiled detective during the 1970s signalled a considerable change in the image of the detective and the crime genre in general...

... was “bedlam from the decadent West.” Charles Lloyd, Gerry Mulligan, and Willis Conover showcased the redemptive aspects of American society to the Soviets even as the United States was being hounded by protests against the Vietnam War. The war continually intensified tensions between America and the Soviet...

...When Ruth Krauss recovered from her bout ofmkl spinal meningitis, she and Crockett Johnson decided to travel to Europe and applied for new passports in the fall of 1964. Before departing, however, they joined protests against the Vietnam War. Johnson was one of the sponsors of the Assembly of Men...

... 1966 incident first reported in a 1969 New Yorker article, Casualties of War tells the story of a squad of American soldiers during the Vietnam War who kidnap, rape, and murder a Vietnamese peasant girl, Oahn (Thuy Thu Le). Of the five-man squad—Meserve (Sean Penn...

... the vision that the needs of American empire drove the Vietnam War. Meetings with Third World revolutionaries also gave New Leftists a sense of the “enemy” as profoundly human and as struggling for the positive goal of self-determination. anticolonial revolutions apartheid Batista Fulgencio Cold War Cuba...

...In 1965, Fannie Lou Hamer was among a handful of individuals opposing U.S. involvement in Vietnam. By 1969, more than half of the country were against the Vietnam War, and antiwar protests began to intensify. On October 15, 1969, the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (New Mobe...

...This chapter looks at Luke's unpublished essay titled “The Violent American,” which he wrote in response to the US involvement in the Vietnam War. In early March of 1965, President Johnson launched a massive bombing campaign and ordered thirty-five hundred US Marines into Vietnam for the first time...

...This chapter explores the decline of the bluegrass music that was popularized by Don Pierce of Starday Records. Despite of the success of Starday financially, the slow decline of bluegrass music became apparent to Pierce. In the late 1960s, bluegrass music became identified with anti-Vietnam War...

... underlying protesters’ actions. Black Power civil rights movement counterculture King Martin Luther Jr Vietnam War protest Chaney James Civil Rights Act of 1965 Congress on Racial Equality CORE Corrigan Lisa Debray Régis Democrats Fanon Franz Goodman Andrew Johnson Lyndon Mississippi Freedom...

...In this chapter, the author recounts his coverage of the Vietnam War in 1965 and 1966. He recalls his firsthand look at how black soldiers were faring in the war, his particular interest in the 101st Airborne known as “Birdmen with Black Rifles,” President Lyndon B. Johnson’s attitude towards...

... dissolution grew directly out of the organization’s relations with the black freedom movement, the movement against the Vietnam War, and the newly emerging struggle for women’s liberation. For a moment, young white people could comprehend their world in new and revolutionary ways. But New Leftists did...

... art movement, and the crossover between these artists. This essay includes commentary on High art versus Low art, comics as art, and the Vietnam War. Art of the Comic Strip The O’Sullivan College Arts Association CAA McCay Winsor Superman Goldberg Rube Joe Palooka Davis Stuart Herriman George...

...This chapter analyzes Saigon-Hanoi (2000), a graphic novel written by Cosey (Bernard Cosendai). First published in 1992, Saigon-Hanoi deals with the lingering memories of the Vietnam War. The chapter examines Cosey’s use of silence and color to establish...