Three assignments;
*Choose one oral history from this Library of Congress exhibition, https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/about-this-collection/ . Listen to the interview & analyze it: be ready to explain, discuss significance, interesting aspects, details from the interview, etc. What are we learning about the individual, the civil rights movement, etc. that is meaningful?
*Choose 1 (one) oral history primary source from the following site: http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html Answer: What do we learn about the home front during the war? Use specific quotes & ideas from the oral history to support your answer.
Read & react to:
– at least one primary source account from a Vietnam veteran this site : https://www.historynet.com/magazines/vietnam/vietnam-first-person.
– this interview with four anti-war protesters: https://time.com/3676805/vietnam-antiwar-activists-reflect/
What is especially meaningful to you about these accounts?
What key aspects of the era do the accounts emphasize, based on your other reading (if any)?
How do they both help us understand the Vietnam era for Americans?
