Gettysburg 1963 : civil rights, Cold War politics, and historical memory in America's most famous small town /
The year 1963 was unforgettable for Americans. In the midst of intense Cold War turmoil and the escalating struggle for Black freedom, the United States also engaged in a nationwide commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Civil War. Commemorative events centered on Gettysburg, site of the best...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Civil War America (Series)
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| Summary: | The year 1963 was unforgettable for Americans. In the midst of intense Cold War turmoil and the escalating struggle for Black freedom, the United States also engaged in a nationwide commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Civil War. Commemorative events centered on Gettysburg, site of the best-known, bloodiest and most symbolically charged battle of the conflict. Inevitably, the centennial of Lincoln's iconic Gettysburg Address received special focus, pressed into service to help the nation understand its present and define its future, a future that would ironically include another tragic event days later with the assassination of another American president. In this fascinating work, Jill Ogline Titus uses centennial events in Gettysburg to examine the history of political, social and community change in 1960s America. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 244 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469665337 1469665336 9781469665344 1469665344 |