The Sixties in America: From Rebellion to Rights to Commodity

Dates: April 1 - May 6, 2024
Meets: M from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
 Location: Osher Online
Cost:  $75.00

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Date Day Time
04/01/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM
04/08/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM
04/15/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM
04/22/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM
04/29/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM
05/06/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM

Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2023-2024 OLLI at MSU Membership

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?"

About the Osher Online Program

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

Apply for a needs-based scholarship to take this offering.

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 received an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and then pursued graduate work in African studies at the University of Edinburgh. He completed a dissertation entitled "Wealth Power and Corruption: A Study of Asante Political Culture." He returned to Northwestern to teach history and political science and became a Weinberg College academic adviser. He is currently an Emeritus Senior Lecturer in political science, specifically West African history, U.S. history of the '60s, Marx and Weber, African politics, military strategy, the politics of famine, and student protest and free speech.
Date Day Time Location
04/01/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM Osher Online
04/08/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM Osher Online
04/15/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM Osher Online
04/22/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM Osher Online
04/29/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM Osher Online
05/06/2024Monday9 AM to 10:30 AM Osher Online