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History of American Journalism
Rick Musser (historyjournalism.ku.edu)
Introduction-
“The 1960s was marked by clashes of ideologies. In the South, blacks fought a stubborn white establishment for the rights they were owed under the Constitution.
Abroad, the United States fought a multi-front battle against the spread Communism. On college campuses across the country, a new generation of Americans rejected the post-WWII, conservative values of their parents.
And even within the Civil Rights movement, the non-violent activists under Martin Luther King, Jr., butted heads with the militant followers of Malcolm X. The result was a decade mired in turbulence — but also one that brought important changes.”
Read on here:
http://history.journalism.ku.edu/1960/1960.shtml
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[Professor Emeritus Rick Musser]
University of Kansas, School of Journalism & Mass Communications, 1976-2008
Original site designed May 2003 by graduate students Heather Attig and Tony Esparza
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