Troubled commemoration : the American Civil War centennial, 1961-1965 /

Troubled commemoration : the American Civil War centennial, 1961-1965 /

In 1957, Congress voted to set up the United States Civil War Centennial Commission. A federally funded agency within the Department of the Interior, the commission's charge was to oversee preparations to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the central event in the Republic's hist...

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Main Author: Cook, Robert J., 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2007.
Series:Making the modern South.
Subjects:
1861-1999
Memorials > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Public history > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Memorials > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Social aspects > United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Centennial celebrations, etc.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980.
History.
Online Access:CONNECT

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