HIS 356K Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Executive Order 8802, Hallie Flanagan, Double V Campaign
Document Summary
World war ii as a watershed: review and conclude: cultural democracy, ftp and triple a plowed. Cultural democracy, the cultural front and federal one arts projects (and comment on art) Insightful observations about the play (from members of the class: hallie flanagan + vision for the ftp. Overview: wwii as a turning point: holocaust is considered one of the most horrific events and biggest widespread. Some argue that it was the most important event of the 20th century genocides in history of the world. Position of the us vis a vis the rest of the world. Automatic tendency had been toward isolation perviously, but now that was no longer an option. The position of women: may argues this is a temporary thing, but something fundamental changes. Race relations, especially white v. black, came to define american dilemma . Black people in war abroad saw new relations to white people. So many different ethnic groups relationship with people shifts after war.
