"Shut It Down, Open It Up": A History of the New Left at the University Of Virginia, Charlottesville

This thesis is a history of social and political activism in Charlottesville during the 1960s focusing on new left student organizing at the University of Virginia. It is a work of social history that establishes a community that has been generally ignored in traditional histories of the new left as one of the most influential centers of new left activism in the South and asserts that this prominence was due to years of activism by local liberals, civil rights advocates, and students during the city's unique experiences on the front lines of the southern desegregation, civil rights, and anti-war struggles. It traces the evolution of social activism in the city and the university from the late 1950s through the early 1970s and demonstrates how local activists and issues interacted with regional, national, and global events during one of the most socially tumultuous decades in American history.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.available

2007

Author dc:creator

• Hanna, Thomas M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Timothy Thurber

• University of Virginia
• liberalism
• civil rights
• ideology
• desegregation
• politics
• social activism
• political activism
• Charlottesville
• Virginia
• Arts and Humanities
• History

Statement dc:rights

• © The Author

Identifier

https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/693

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-1692