living history

Mianna Lucas
1. How would you describe American culture being impacted by television; what affects did it bring on the debate of Kennedy and Nixon of 1960 and the news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement?
2. How has technology and development of personal computers and cellular telephone impact American life?
3. Why was President Truman’s order to integrate the U.S. military and the federal government so important?
4. How did you feel about Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball?
5. What are your memories of the Brown v. Board of Education and the efforts to resist decision in the states?
6. What can you tell me about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and its effect on the country?
7. Many people think that only Southern African Americans were subject to racism and discrimination. What types of racism and discrimination did you experience growing up in Ohio?
8. What was the anti-Vietnam War movement like?
9. The National Organization of Women has fought to make women equal to men in the United States. What changes have you seen during your lifetime of women’s roles in American society? Have women moved in a positive or negative direction?
10. What is your thought of the response of President George W. Bush to the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the United States the war against terrorism, and the subsequent American interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq?