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Framing the Civil Rights Movement

March 29, 2011framingsixties

Many of the issues raised in Framing the Sixties continue to be seen in American politics. Here’s Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), in a recent appearance on NY1 television: “The group that were in Washington fighting against the health bill and fighting against the President, looked just like and sounded just like those groups that attacked the civil rights movement in the South.” The political use of the 1960s, it seems, shows no signs of slowing down.

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