This History U course explores the myths and memories that constitute our perceptions of the 1960s.
Course Instructors: Professor Michael Flamm, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Professor Michael Kazin, Georgetown University
Eligibility: High school students
Image Source: Demonstrators march in front of the United Nations Building, 1964 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC09733.28)
History U
Free for high school students
This History U course explores the myths and memories that constitute our perceptions of the 1960s. Among the topics it examines are the presidencies of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon; the Civil Rights Movement; the Vietnam War; the New Left; the counterculture; the women’s movement; the gay movement; the conservative movement; the international dimension of youth protest; and the legacies of the 1960s. The aim of this course is to provide a balanced history of a turbulent time that continues to influence American politics, society, and culture.
The views expressed in this course are those of Dr. Michael Flamm and Dr. Michael Kazin.
Alysha Butler explains what you will learn in this course.
Michael Flamm, Professor of History, Ohio Wesleyan University
Professor Flamm is a scholar of the development and transformation of modern America with a specific focus on the political culture, crime, and foreign policies of the 1960s. His published works include In the Heat of the Summer: The New York Riots of 1964 (2016), The War on Crime (2017), and Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s (2005).
Michael Kazin, Professor of History, Georgetown University
Professor Kazin specializes in the political and social history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. His published works include What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party (2022) and War against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914–1918 (2017).
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