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How 1954 Changed History

By: Michael Flamm, The Great Courses
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Every year has its share of notable events, but some years seem to capture the essence of a decade in a handful of months. The year 1954 is one such year. It began in January with a celebrity marriage heard round the world and then progressed through a series of major political, social, and cultural milestones that would echo through the next several decades.

The years following World War II were a time of increased wealth and confidence, years that saw the rise of a solid, increasingly powerful middle class in America. With rising wages, major developments in consumer goods and entertainment, increasing opportunities for housing and education, amazing medical breakthroughs, the spread of interstate highways - it was a decade of optimism for many after the horrors of depression and war. But the 1950s were also years of increasing Cold War paranoia and unrest among the disenfranchised Americans that were not experiencing the same freedom and prosperity as their fellow citizens.

With the 10 lectures of How 1954 Changed History, you will travel back to a pivotal year in a decade that is often viewed in terms of the black-and-white simplicity of cheerful mid-century sitcoms. However, the issues of the decade were actually as vibrant and contradictory as any other period in American history. Professor Michael Flamm will take you through the battle against polio, the Red Scare that gripped the nation, the domestic impact of foreign conflicts, and the groundbreaking case of Brown v. Board of Education. As you look at these events and much more, you will see how the year 1954 showcases both some of the best and some of the worst times of 20th-century America.

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Lecture 1, Chapter 2
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The celebrity wedding of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
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Lecture 2, Chapter 3
  • Lecture 2, Chapter 3
Reaction to the hydrogen bomb
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Lecture 3, Chapter 4
  • Lecture 3, Chapter 4
Fighting against waves of panic and pain
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  • Lecture 1, Chapter 2
  • The celebrity wedding of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
  • Lecture 2, Chapter 3
  • Reaction to the hydrogen bomb
  • Lecture 3, Chapter 4
  • Fighting against waves of panic and pain

About the Professor

Dr. Michael Flamm is Professor of History at Ohio Wesleyan University, where he has received three teaching prizes—including the university’s highest honor, the Bishop Herbert Welch Meritorious Teaching Award. He earned his BA from Harvard College and his PhD from Columbia University. As a Fulbright Scholar, Professor Flamm has taught at San Andrés University in Buenos Aires. In addition, he has served as a faculty consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the College Board, and the National Academy of Sciences. In 2019, he was elected to a three-year term on the executive board of the Organization of American Historians, the largest professional association dedicated to the teaching and study of US history.

Professor Flamm is the author of In the Heat of the Summer: The New York Riots of 1964 and the War on Crime and Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s. He is the co-author of several books, including Debating the Reagan Presidency and Debating the 1960s: Liberal, Conservative, and Radical Perspectives. He has also published numerous articles and reviews.