American history

American history

Contributors in American history

American history

A rallying cry for more militant blacks advocated by younger leaders like Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown, beginning in the mid 1960s. It called for African Americans to form their own economic, ...

Big Stick Diplomacy

History; American history

The proclaimed foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt, it was based on the proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick," and advocated the threat of force to achieve the United States' goals, ...

Betty Friedan

History; American history

Author of The Feminine Mystique, the. 1963 book that articulated the discontent among white middle class housewives in the "Baby Boom" era. She founded the National organisation for Women (NOW) in ...

Beat Generation

History; American history

A cultural style and artistic movement of the 1950s that rejected traditional American family life and material values and celebrated African American culture. They tapped an underground ...

Cabinet

History; American history

This term refers to the heads of the executive departments.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

History; American history

Supreme Court decision of 1954 that overtumed the "separate but equal doctrine" that justified Jim Crow laws. Chief Justice Earl Warren argued that "separate educational facilities are inherently ...

Brain Trust

History; American history

Close advisors. Toresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the early days of his first term whose policy suggestions influenced much New Deal legislation.