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The series opens with a discussion of American Reformers: 1815-1869 by Ronald G. Walters, which treats the incredible diversity of social reform movements during the antebellum period including abolitionism, women's rights, and temperance.
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This session focuses on Dorothy Sterling's biography of the extraordinary abolitionist and women's rights activist Abby Kelly, Ahead of Her Time: Abby Kelly and the Politics of Antislavery .
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A discussion of Juan Williams' Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 , a powerful investigation of the Civil Rights Movement.
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The series concludes with a conversation about Antiwarriors: The Vietnam War and the Battle for America's Hearts and Minds by Melvin Small, which places the anti-war movement of the 1960s and 70s in a broad political and cultural context.
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