Carl Rowan and the Dilemma of Civil Rights, Propaganda, and the Cold War

This chapter considers the influence of Cold War politics and policies exerted on journalist and State Department spokesperson Carl Rowan during the 1950s and 1960s. It argues that Rowan's contention that “the civil rights issue was being dealt with in an effective and speedy manner” was not an indication of his naïve optimism about America's racial problem, but rather speaks to his understanding of the need for propaganda in America's struggle against communism. Once the Cold War was well over, as his book The Coming Race War in America: A Wake-Up Call attests, Rowan considered America's racial problems in a much less optimistic light.

The Fight Against Racial Inequality in the United States in the 1960—1970's: the Confrontation between Students Youth and Government

This article describes the struggle of students for the solution of the racial problem in the United States in the 1960–70s. It shows how the youth demonstraited their dissatisfaction with the government's policy in relation to the issue of racial discrimination.