American Social and Political Movements of the 20th Century
Rethinking the Welfare Rights Movement
1st Edition
By Premilla Nadasen
December 21, 2011
The welfare rights movement was an interracial protest movement of poor women on AFDC who demanded reform of welfare policy, greater respect and dignity, and financial support to properly raise and care for their children. In short, they pushed for a right to welfare. Lasting from the early 1960s ...
Rethinking the American Anti-War Movement
1st Edition
By Simon Hall
October 27, 2011
Between 1965 and 1973, hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans participated in one of the most remarkable and significant people's movements in American history. Through marches, rallies, draft resistance, teach-ins, civil disobedience, and non-violent demonstrations at both the national and ...
Rethinking the Asian American Movement
1st Edition
By Daryl Maeda
October 27, 2011
Although it is one of the least-known social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, the Asian American movement drew upon some of the most powerful currents of the era, and had a wide-ranging impact on the political landscape of Asian America, and more generally, the United States. Using the racial ...