Collision on Route 40: Cold War Tensions & Civil Rights

Monday, February 17, 2025
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Newark Senior Center
New Castle 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!

Newark Senior Center
200 White Chapel Dr
Classroom 1&2
Newark DE 19713
302-737-2336 x127

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