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America, 1970s And 1980s: Distrust Of Government (G383)

G – History

Wilmington (Arsht Hall) | February 5, 2025-May 7, 2025

Wednesday: 9:00 AM-10:15 AM

This is a hybrid course. One section meets on site at the location listed; and one section meets online only.

Americans revere the founding fathers and admire the constitution, but distrust government. These attitudes are inconsistent, and they have a long history. This course covers insurrectionists like John Brown and Timothy McVeigh; vigilantes like the Ku Klux Klan, senator McCarthy and clinic bombers; and withdrawers like Thoreau, H.L. Mencken and William Buckley and groups like hippie communes; finally, disobeyers like Martin Luther King.

This offering meets for a total of 13 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: John Bullock

BULLOCK, JOHN–A.B., St. Joseph’s University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania. Retired from Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Western Washington University, Holy Family University and Villanova University.

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