Expanding Rights in the 1960s and 1970s

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Expanding Rights in the 1960s and 1970s

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Feb 23, 2020

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor William Sturkey taught a class about expanding rights in the 1960s and '70s, looking at women’s liberation and the gay rights movement. He covered topics such as birth control, the Equal Rights Amendment and the Stonewall riots.
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