Gettysburg 1963
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Gettysburg 1963

Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America's Most Famous Small Town

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
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Gettysburg 1963

Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America's Most Famous Small Town

About this book

The year 1963 was unforgettable for Americans. In the midst of intense Cold War turmoil and the escalating struggle for Black freedom, the United States also engaged in a nationwide commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Civil War. Commemorative events centered on Gettysburg, site of the best-known, bloodiest, and most symbolically charged battle of the conflict. Inevitably, the centennial of Lincoln’s iconic Gettysburg Address received special focus, pressed into service to help the nation understand its present and define its future — a future that would ironically include another tragic event days later with the assassination of another American president.

In this fascinating work, Jill Ogline Titus uses centennial events in Gettysburg to examine the history of political, social, and community change in 1960s America. Examining the experiences of political leaders, civil rights activists, preservation-minded Civil War enthusiasts, and local residents, Titus shows how the era’s deep divisions thrust Gettysburg into the national spotlight and ensured that white and Black Americans would define the meaning of the battle, the address, and the war in dramatically different ways.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. Contents
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Abbreviations in the Text
  10. Introduction: Using History to Shape the Future
  11. Chapter One: An American Town. Segregation, Civil Rights, and the Color Line in Gettysburg
  12. Chapter Two: The Battlefield Belongs to the Nation. Preservation, Commercialization, and Cold War Tourism
  13. Chapter Three: A Shrine for the Free World. The Cold War Vision of Neutra’s Cyclorama Building
  14. Chapter Four: 1963. All Eyes on Gettysburg
  15. Gallery
  16. Chapter Five: A Nation Was Born Here. The 1963 Battle Anniversary
  17. Chapter Six: The Pen Is Mightier than the Sword. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
  18. Chapter Seven: Post-100. The Impact of the Centennial Era
  19. Epilogue: War and Peace, Protest and Propaganda
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index