Collision on Route 40: Cold War Tensions & Civil Rights

Sunday, April 6, 2025
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Appoquinimink Library
New Castle County
Program: Collision on Route 40: Cold War Tensions & Civil Rights

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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!

This event is sponsored by Delaware Humanities. If you have any questions please contact the hosting location.

Appoquinimink Library
204 E Main St
Middletown DE 19709

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