The Sixties in America: From Rebellion to Rights to Commodity
Meets: M from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Location: Osher Online
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Description
This program will not be recorded.
This course about America in the 60s will ask simple but complex questions like: Why did people rebel when they did? Who rebelled, and who didn't? What came out of the rebellion, and did it cause the rise of conservative politics in the U.S.? We will look at the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, the rise of feminism, the Green Movement, and the exit of the traditional unionized working class from the Republican Party. We will begin with "When did the 60s start, and when did they end?"
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Experience shared online presentations with OLLI members from coast to coast! As part of the Osher Online program, OLLI at MSU members will enjoy national speakers and interact with fellow OLLI members nationwide.
Scholarships
| Fee: | $75.00 |
Osher Online
This is a real-time (live) online class that meets at the specified day(s)/time(s) listed.Jeff Rice
Jeff Rice is an Emeritus Senior Lecturer in political science. He has been associated with Northwestern University in one way or another since starting as an undergraduate student in 1968. He pursued graduate work in African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He completed his dissertation on "Wealth Power and Corruption: A Study of Asante Political Culture." He returned to Northwestern full-time in 2001, teaching in the History and Political Science Departments and serving as a Weinberg College academic adviser. He 'officially' retired from that position in August 2018 and teaches full-time in the Political Science Department. His courses have included West African History, History of the 60s in the U.S., Marx and Weber, Politics of Africa, Military Strategy, the Politics of Famine, Student Protest and Free Speech, and Africa in Fact, Fiction and Film. Most recently, he taught a first-year class on free speech and student politics and a large lecture class on the politics of capitalism in contemporary America.| Date | Day | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/01/2024 | Monday | 9 AM to 10:30 AM | Osher Online |
| 04/08/2024 | Monday | 9 AM to 10:30 AM | Osher Online |
| 04/15/2024 | Monday | 9 AM to 10:30 AM | Osher Online |
| 04/22/2024 | Monday | 9 AM to 10:30 AM | Osher Online |
| 04/29/2024 | Monday | 9 AM to 10:30 AM | Osher Online |
| 05/06/2024 | Monday | 9 AM to 10:30 AM | Osher Online |