Collision on Route 40: Cold War Tensions & Civil Rights
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Selbyville Public Library
Sussex County
Program: Collision on Route 40: Cold War Tensions & Civil Rights
This presentation explores how Route 40 in Delaware and Maryland became an unexpected battleground for Cold War tensions and civil rights. On this corridor between Baltimore and the Delaware Memorial Bridge, international diplomacy, African decolonization, Jim Crow, Soviet propagandists, and Freedom Riders collided, forcing a confrontation for the Kennedy administration that involved global tensions and domestic policy.
Join Mike for this lecture program!
Selbyville Public Library
11 West McCabe Street
Conference Room B
Selbyville DE 19975
302-436-8195
