HST 237 - America in the 1960s

Institution:

Mt Hood Community College

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Description:

Credits 3 (3 Lecture Hrs/Wk) - Sp This course will explore the political, cultural and social forces that define the United States during the decade of the 1960s. Topics covered will include the Civil Rights Movement, image and reality in the Kennedy Administration; the assassinations of John Kennedy, Malcom X, Martin Luther King, and Robert F. Kennedy; the Vietnam War, the Anti-war Movement; the emergence of a counterculture, the Women's Movement; and the music, literature, and films of the era. Proficiency Needed: Reading, Writing.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.mhcc.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 491-6422

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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