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Author: Robert Gregg, Gary W. McDonogh, Cindy H. Wong
As a meeting point for world cultures, the USA is characterized by its breadth and diversity. Acknowledging that diversity is the fundamental feature of American culture, this volume is organized around a keen awareness of race, gender, class and space and with over 1,200 alphabetically-arranged entries – spanning ‘the American century’ from the end of World War II to the present day – the Encyclopedia provides a one-stop source for insightful and stimulating coverage of all aspects of that culture. Entries range from short definitions to longer overview essays and with full cross-referencing, extensive indexing, and a thematic contents list, this volume provides an essential cultural context for both teachers and students of American studies, as well as providing fascinating insights into American culture for the general reader. The suggestions for further reading, which follows most entries, are also invaluable guides to more specialized sources.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture 1st Table of contents:
Thematic entry list
A
Abbey, edward
Abernathy, ralph
Abortion
Abstract expressionism
Acid rain
Action movies
Actors
Act up (aids coalition to unleash power)
Adams, ansel
Addiction
Adoption
Advertising
Advice columnists
Affirmative action
Africa
African americans
African methodists
Afrocentrism
Afterlife
Agent orange
Agents (film)
Agnew, spiro
Agriculture and agribusiness
Aids
Ailey, alvin
Air-conditioning
Air force, us
Airports
Air-traffic controllers’ strike
Alaska
Albee, edward
Albright, madeleine korbel
Alcohol
Alcoholics anonymous
Algiers motel incident
Ali, muhammad
Allen, woody
Alternative medicine
Altman, robert
Alzheimer’s disease
American (census category)
American association of retired persons (aarp)
American civil liberties union (aclu)
American film institute
American images abroad
American indian reservations
American indians
American medical association
American studies
Americans with disabilities act
Amish
Amos ‘n andy
Anarchism
Androgyny
Angelou, maya
Animals and the media
Animation
Anthropology
Antiques/reproductions
Anti-technology
Appalachia
Apple computer
Arab americans
Architecture
Armenian americans
Armstrong, louis “satchmo”
Army, us
Art museums
Ashe, arthur
Asian americans
Asian americans in cinema and television
Asimov, isaac
Asl (american sign language)
Assassination
Assimilation
Astaire, fred (fred austerlitz)
Astroturf
Atheists
Atlanta, ga
Atlantic city, nj
At&t
Attica uprising
Attorney-general
Austin, tx
Automakers
Automats
Automobiles
Aviation, commercial
Awards
B
Babies
Baby boom/boomers
Bacall, lauren (betty jean perske)
Backlash
Baez, joan
Baldwin, james
Ball, lucille
Baltimore, md
Bambara, toni cade
Bankruptcy
Banks and banking
Baraka, imamu amiri
Barbeque (barbecue, bar-b-q)
Barber, samuel
Barbie
Barns
Bars
Barth, john
Barthelme, donald
Baseball
Basketball
Bathroom
Batman
Bay of pigs
Beach boys, the
Beat generation
Beatles, the
Beattie, ann
Beauty pageants
Bedroom
Bellow, saul
Bennett, william
Berlin
Bernstein, leonard
Berry, chuck
Berryman, john
Bet (black entertainment television)
Bible belt
Bible epics
Bicentennial
Bicycles
Bilingual education
Bill of rights
Biodiversity
Biology
Birth
Bisexuality
Bishop, elizabeth
Black church and spirituality
Black colleges and universities
Black conservatives
Blacklisting
Black panthers
Black power
Blaxploitation films
Blockbusters
Blockbusting
Blues
Bly, robert
Boat people
Body
Body piercing and tattoos
Boesky, ivan
Bogart, humphrey
Bomb shelters
Bookchin, murray
Borderlands
Borlaug, norman
Bosnia and kosovo
Boston, massachusetts
Boston pops
Botanicas
Bowl games
Bowling
Boxing
Bradbury, ray
Brando, marlon
Brautigan, richard
Breakfast cereals
Brodsky, joseph
Brooks, gwendolyn
Brown, h. rap
Brown, james
Brown family
Brown v. board of education of topeka
Brundage, avery
Buchanan, patrick
Buck, pearl (pearl sydenstreicker walsh)
Buddhists
Buffalo, ny
Bukowski, charles
Bunche, ralph johnson
Burns, george (nathan birnbaum)
Burroughs, william s., jr.
Buses
Bush, george and family
Busing
Byrne, david
C
Cabinet
Cable television
Caesar, sid
Cage, john
Cajuns
California
California, university, system
California sound
Calley, william/my lai
Cambodia bombing and protests
Camping
Campus, college
Canada
Cancer
Candy and gum
Capital punishment
Capote, truman
Capra, frank
Caribbean
Caribbean americans
Carmichael, stokely (kwame toure)
Carson, rachel
Carter, jimmy
Carver, raymond
Cash, johnny
Cassavetes, john
Castañeda, carlos
Castro, fidel
Catalogs
Cb radio (citizens’ band radio)
Celebrity
Cemeteries and crematoria
Censorship
Central intelligence agency (cia)
Chain migration
Charleston, south carolina
Charlotte, north carolina
Charter schools
Chavez, cesar
Chavez, denise
Cheerleading
Chemistry
Chess
Chicago, il
Chicago, university of
Chicanos/as
Child abuse
Children
Children and television
Children’s literature
Children’s magazines
Children’s museums
Children’s music
Child stars
Chin, frank
China
Chinese americans
Chisholm, shirley
Chocolate
Chomsky, noam
Christian media
Christian music
Christian right
Christian scientists
Cigars
Cimino, michael
Cincinnati, ohio
Circus
Cisneros, sandra
Cities
History and process
Crises and responses
City hall
City university of new york (cuny)
Civil rights acts
Civil rights movement
Class
Classical music
Cleveland, oh
Clift, montgomery
Clinton, william jefferson
Clubs, city and country
Clubs/fraternal organizations
Cnn
Coast guard, us
Coen, joel and ethan
Coffee
Cold war
Collectibles
Colleges, catholic
Colleges and universities
The student perspective
Structure, variety and operations
Representation
Colonies and colonialism
Columnists
Comedy and comedians
Comfort food
Comics
Comic books
Coming of age
Coming out
Commencement/graduation
Commoner, barry
Communes
Communism
Community
Community colleges/junior colleges
Community organization
Commuting/mass transit
Computers
Computer/video games
Conceptual art
Concerts
Congress
Congress of racial equality (core)
Conroy, pat
Consumerism
Consumer price index
Consumer reports
Consumer safety
Contemporary (postmodern) art
Contraception
Conventions
Convict labor
Cookbooks and cooking media
Cooke, sam
Cool
Cooper, gary
Copland, aaron
Coppola, francis ford
Cosby, bill
Couch potatoes
Country and western music
Cowboys
Crawford, joan
Cards
Creoles/creolization
Crime, television
Crime fiction/mysteries
Crosby, bing
Cuba and cuban americans
Cuban missile crisis
Cults
Cultural studies
Cunningham, merce
Cuomo, mario
Curfew
D
Daley family
Dallas, tx
Dance
Danish modern
Daschle, tom
Dash, julie
Davis, bette
Davis, miles
Day, doris
Day, dorothy
Dean, james (byron james)
Death
Deep ecology/earth first!
Dees, morris s.
Deindustrialization
Delillo, don
Democratic party
De niro, robert
Denver, co
Department stores
Depression
Detroit, mi
Diet
Dinette
Dinkins, david
Directors
Disaster movies
Disco
Disney, walt
Disneyland and disneyworld
Divorce
Dixiecrats
Doctorow, e.l. (edgar laurence)
Documentary
Dole, robert and elizabeth
Domestic violence
Doonesbury
Door-to-door sales
Douglas, kirk and michael
Dove, rita
Dow chemical
Downsizing
Draft
Drag shows
Drama and theater
Drive-ins
Drug culture
Drug policy
Dual cities
Du bois, w.e.b.
Dukakis, michael
Dungeons and dragons
Dylan, bob
E
Earl, harley
Earth day
Eastern-european americans
Eastman kodak
Eastwood, clint
Ecofeminism
Economics
Eddie bauer/l.l. bean
Editorial cartoons
Education and society
Education: values and beliefs
Ehrlich, paul
Einstein, albert
Eisenhower, dwight david
Elementary school
Ellis, bret easton
Ellison, ralph
Ellroy, james
Empowerment zones
Endangered species act
Enemies
Engineering
English in america
English only
Environmentalism
Environmental protection agency
Environmental racism/justice
Episcopalians
Equal rights amendment (era)
Erdrich, louise
Espionage
Estefan, gloria
Ethnic enclaves
Ethnic food
Ethnic slurs
Etiquette
Everly brothers
Exotic dancing/strip clubs
Expatriates
F
Fairs
Family
Family restaurants
Family room
Family values
Farina, richard
Farmer, james
Farms and farm life
Farrakhan, louis
Fashion
Fast food
Federal bureau of investigation (fbi)
Federal communications commission (fcc)
Femininity
Feminism
Feminist art
Ferraro, geraldine
Field hockey
Figure skating
Filipino americans
Film criticism/theory
Film festivals
Film noir
Financial aid
Fire island
First ladies
Fishing, commercial and angling
Fitzgerald, ella
Five and dimes
Florida
Flower power
Folk art
Folklore
Folk medicine/herbalists
Folk music
Fonda family
Food
Historical processes
The postwar decades
Late twentieth century shifts
Football
Forbes family/magazine
Ford, gerald r.
Ford, john
Foreign/art films
Foreign investment
Forests and forestry
Foster, jodie
Foster care
Foundations
Franchises
Francis, connie
Franklin, aretha
Fraternities and sororities
Frazier, e. franklin
Freedom
Freedom rides
Freedom summer
Freemen
French in america
Friedan, betty
Fried chicken
Frisbee
Frontier
Frost, robert
Fulbright, james william
Fuller, richard buckminster
Fusion
G
Gambling and lotteries
Games
Game shows
Gangs
Gap
Garages/parking
Gardens
Garland, judy
Gated communities
Gates, bill/microsoft
Gates, henry louis, jr.
Gay and lesbian life and politics
Gay and lesbian press
Gaye, marvin
Gehry, frank
Gender and sexuality
Gender gap
General electric
Generation x
Genetics/genetic engineering
Gentrification
Geography
German americans
Ghettos
Gi bill of rights
Gingrich, newt
Girl groups
Glass, philip
Goldberg, whoopi
Golden age of television
Goldwater, barry
Golf
Gore, albert, jr.
Gospel music
Gourmet food
Governors
Graffiti
Graham, bill
Graham, billy
Graham, martha
Grateful dead
Graves, michael
Great lakes
Greek americans
Greek orthodox
Greenwich village
Gregory, dick
Grenada
Grisham, john
Grunge
Guam
Gulf of tonkin resolution
Gulf war
Gulf war syndrome
Guns
Gypsies
H
Haiti
Haitian americans
Halls of fame
Hamer, fannie lou
Hanks, tom
Hardware store
Harlem, new york city
Harlem globetrotters
Hasidim
Hate crimes
Hawai’ian archipelago
Hawkes, john
Hawks, howard
Health and disease
Healthcare and reform
Health/organic food
Helms, jesse
Hemingway, ernest miller
Hendrix, jimi
Henson, jim
Hepburn, audrey
Hepburn, katharine
Heston, charlton
Heterosexuality
High school
High-school sports
Highways
Hill, anita
Hindus
Hippies
Hispanics
Historic preservation
History
Hitchcock, alfred
Hmos (health maintenance organizations)
Hockey, ice
Hoffa, jimmy
Hoffman, abbie
Hoffman, dustin
Holidays
Holly, buddy
Hollywood
Hollywood, new
Holocaust museum
Home
Home, outdoor spaces
Homelessness
Numbers
Causes
Homophobia
Hooks, bell
Hoover, j. edgar
Hope, bob
Horror films
Horses
Hotels
Hot rods
House committee on un-american activities (huac)
Houston, texas
Howlin’ wolf (chester burnett)
Hudson, rock (schere, roy, jr.)
Human genome project
Humor
Humphrey, hubert horatio
Hungarian americans
Hunting
Huston, john
I
Ibm
Ice cream
Immigration
History and policy
Understanding immigration
Impeachment
Independent counsel
Independent films/videos
Indianapolis, in
Individualism
Infertility
Infomercials
Information
In-line skating
Inner city
Intellectuals/culture wars
Internet
Inuits and aleuts (eskimos)
Iran
Iran-contra affair
Ireland
Irish americans
Irving, john
Islam
Italian americans
Ivy league
J
Jackson, rev. jesse
Jackson, michael
Jackson, shirley
Jameson, fredric
Japan, relations with
Japanese americans
Jazz
Jews
John birch society
Johnson, lyndon baines
Johnson, philip
Jones, james earl
Jones, quincy
Jordan, michael
Judicial activism
Judiciary
Jukeboxes
Junk food
K
Kahn, louis
Kazan, elia
Kefauver, estes
Keillor, garrison/prairie home companion
Kelly, gene
Kelly, grace
Kemp, jack
Kennedy, john f.
Kennedy family
Kent state shootings
Kerner commission
Kerouac, jack
Kindergarten and head start
King, billie jean
King, martin luther, jr.
King, rodney
King, stephen
Kingston, maxine hong
Kissinger, henry
Kitchen
Korean americans
Korean war
Ku klux klan
L
Lacrosse
Language
Las vegas, nv
Late-night television
Latin america
Latino/as
Latinos, as represented in media
Lawn/yard
Lawyers
Lawyers, television shows
Lear, norman
Leary, timothy
Lebanon, troops in
Lee, bruce (lee yuen kam)
Lee, spike
Left, the
Lemmon, jack
Levertov, denise
Levi strauss
Levittowns
Lewis, jerry (joseph levitch)
Lewis, jerry lee
Liberace
Libraries, public
Libraries, research (university and college)
Life cycles/rites of passage
Limbaugh, rush
Linguistics
Literature, african american
Literature, race and ethnicity
Literature and gender
Little-league baseball
Little rock central high school
Lobbyists
Loewy, raymond fernand
Lorde, audre
Los angeles, ca
Louganis, greg
Louisville and lexington, ky
Love canal
Lowell, robert
Low riders
Lucas, george and star wars
Luce, clare booth
Lutherans
Lyme disease
Lynching
Lynn, loretta
M
Macarthur, douglas
Maclaine, shirley
Madison avenue
Madonna
Magazines
Mailer, norman
Main street
Malamud, bernard
Malcolm x
Malls/shopping centers
Manson, charles
Mapplethorpe, robert
Marching bands
Marcuse, herbert
Marijuana
Marines (united states marine corps)
Markets
Marriage
Marshall, george
Marshall, paule
Marshall, thurgood
Martial arts
Marx brothers
Mascots
Masculinity
Mason, bobbie ann
Mass media
Masterpiece theatre
Mathematics
Mayfield, curtis
Mayors
Mccarthy, eugene
Mccarthyism
Mccullers, carson
Mcdonald’s
Mcinerney, jay
Mcmurtry, larry
Means, russell
Meany, george
Medical shows, television
Medicine/medical schools
Menopause
Merchant marine
Meredith, james
Merton, thomas
Methodists
Mexico, relations with
Miami, fl
Michener, james a.
Mid-atlantic region
Middle age
Middle class
Middle east
Midwest
Midwifery
Mies van der rohe, ludwig
Migrant labor
Migration/mobility
Militias
Milk
Milk, harvey
Milken, michael
Miller, arthur
Millionaires/billionaires
Milwaukee, wi
Minimalism
Mining
Miniseries
Minneapolis and st. paul, mn
Miscegenation
Miss america pageant
Mississippi freedom democratic party (mfdp)
Mobile homes and trailer parks
Model cities
Modernism
Mom-and-pop stores
Mondale, walter frederick (“fritz”)
Monk, thelonious sphere
Monroe, marilyn
Moore, mary tyler
Mormons
Morning television
Morrison, toni
Motels
Motorcycles
Motown
Moynihan report
Ms. magazine
Mtv
Multiculturalism
Multinationals
Mumford, lewis
Murphy, eddie
Murrow, edward r.
Muscular dystrophy association
Museums
Music, popular
Musical, broadway
Musical, hollywood
Music and television
Muskie, edmund sixtus
Muzak, inc.
N
Naacp
Nabokov, vladimir
Nader, ralph
Nascar
Nashville and memphis, tennessee
National aeronautics and space administration (nasa)
National audubon society (nas)
National collegiate athletic association (ncaa)
National film registry
National institute of mental health (nimh)
National organization for women (now)
National public radio (npr)
National rifle association (nra)
Nation of islam/black muslims
Nato
Natural disasters/catastrophes
Nature
Navy, us (usn)
Naylor, gloria
Neighborhoods
Neo-dada
Neo-expressionism
Networks, television
New age
Newark, nj
New england
New journalism
Newman, paul
New orleans, la
News, radio
News, television
Newspapers
Newspapers, alternative
New urbanism
New york and its boroughs
The capital of capitalism
City of immigrants
Urban decline and revitalization
Crucible of culture
Niche marketing
Nicholson, jack
Nicklaus, jack
Nielsen ratings
Nixon, richard m.
Nobel prize
North, oliver, lt col.
Northeast
Novel
Nuclear age
Nurses
O
Oates, joyce carol
O’connor, sandra day
Oil and gas
Oil spills
O’keefe, georgia
Oklahoma city bombing
Old age
“Oldies”
Olympians
Olympic games
Onassis, jacqueline bouvier kennedy
O’neill, thomas “tip”
Opera
Organization man
Organized crime
Outing
Outsourcing
P
Pacific northwest
Pacific rim
Paglia, camille
Panama/panama canal
Parades
Parent teacher’s associations (ptas)
Parks, national and state
Parks, rosa
Parks and playgrounds, municipal
Parochial schools
Parties and elections
Basic structure of elections
Ballot access laws and nomination procedures
Conventions
Campaign finance
Political parties in america
The persistence of the two-party system in america
Parton, dolly
Party machines
Patriotism
Pauling, linus
Pbs/public broadcasting system
Peace corps
Peale, norman vincent
Peckinpah, sam
Pei, i. (ieoh) m. (ming)
Pen/faulkner award
Pentagon
“Pentagon papers”
Pentecostalism
Performance art
Performing arts centers
Perot, h. ross
Pets
Pharmaceuticals
Philadelphia, pennsylvania
Philosophy
Phoenix, az
Photography
Physical fitness
Physics
Pittsburgh, pa
Pizza
Plastic
Plastic surgery
Plath, sylvia
Playboy
Pledge of allegiance
Poetry
Poitier, sidney
Police
Polio (-myelitis)
Polish americans
Political action committees (pacs)
Political consultants
Political correctness
Political science
Pollock, jackson
Polls
Pop art
Popcorn
Popular culture
Pornography
Portland and salem, or
Portuguese americans
Postmodernism
Potluck
Powell, adam clayton, jr.
Powell, colin
Pow/mias (prisoners of war/missing in action)
Presbyterians
Presidency
Presley, elvis
Prime time
Prisons
Privacy
Private schools
Procter & gamble
Producers, film and television
Prozac
Pryor, richard
Psychology and psychiatry
Public art
Public health
Public housing
Public radio international (pri)
Public relations
Public schools
Publishing
Puerto ricans
Puerto rico
Pulitzer prize
Punk rock
Puritanism
Puzo, mario
Pynchon, thomas
Q
Quakers
Queer
Quinceaños
R
Race and ethnicity
Race riots
Racial profiling
Radio
Radio chains
Ranching
Randolph, a. philip
Rap/hip hop
Ratings, movies
Rauschenberg, robert
Rayburn, sam
Reader’s digest
Reagan, ronald
Real estate
Reality-based television
Reapportionment and redistricting
Recording industry
Recycling
Redford, robert
Rednecks
Referenda
Refugees
Regents of the university of california v. bakke
Regions and regionalism
Rehnquist court
Religion
The first century of american religion
Religious practice in modern america
Reno, janet
Republican party
Restrictive covenants
Retirement
Reunions
Rhythm and blues (r&b)
Right, the
Ringgold, faith
Rivers
Road movies
Roadside attractions
Robeson, paul
Robinson, jackie
Rockefellers
Rock ‘n’ roll
Rockwell, norman
Rocky mountain states
Rodeos
Rodriguez, richard
Roe v. wade
Roman catholics
Romance novels
Romanian americans
Roosevelt, (anna) eleanor
Roosevelt, franklin delano
Roth, philip
Rowing
Running
Russell, richard
Russia
Russian americans
Rustin, bayard
S
Saarinen, eero
Sagan, carl
Said, edward w.
Sailing
Saipan
Salinger, j. d.
Salk, jonas
Salsa
Salt lake city, ut
Samuelson, paul
San antonio, tx
Sandburg, carl
San diego, ca/tijuana, mexico
San francisco, ca
Sanger, margaret
Santa fe, new mexico
Santana, carlos
SanterõÂa
Sarandon, susan
Savannah, ga
Sayles, john
Scandinavian americans
Schlafly, phyllis
School boards
School prayer
Schwartz, delmore
Science fiction, film
Science fiction, literature
Science fiction, television
Scientific creationism
Scotch-irish americans
Scouts
Screenwriters
Seattle, wa
Secretary of state
Segregation
Seinfeld
Self-help/self-esteem
Service sector
Seven sisters
Sexton, anne
Sexual harassment
Sharecroppers
Shepard, sam
Sierra club
Silicon valley
Silko, leslie marmon
Simon, paul
Simpson, orenthaljames(“o.j.”)
Simpsons, the
Sinatra, frank
Sitcoms (situation comedies)
Sit-ins
Skateboarding
Skiing and snowboarding
Slackers
Slavic americans
Small-town ideals
Smithsonian institution
Soap operas, daytime
Soap operas, prime-time
Soccer
Social security
Sociology
Soda
Softball
Soho
Somalia
Sontag, susan
Soul
South
South asians
Southeast asians
Southern baptists
Southern christian leadership conference (sclc)
Southwest
Space
Spam
Speaker of the house
Speed limits
Speed traps
Spelling, aaron
Spielberg, steven
Spock, benjamin
Sports and gender
Sports and media
Sports and race
Sports cars
Sports stadiums
Sports utility vehicles (suv)
Springsteen, bruce
Standardized testing
Stanford university
Stars and sex symbols
Star trek and “trekkies”
States and government
State university systems
Steele, danielle
Steinem, gloria
Steroids
Stevenson, adlai ewing
Stewart, james
Stewart, martha
St. louis, mo
Stocks and bonds
Stone, oliver
Stonewall riot
Strategic defense initiative (sdi)
Street vendors
Streisand, barbra
Stress
Strikes
Student non-violent coordinating committee (sncc)
Students for a democratic society (sds)
Suburbs and edge cities
The pale of suburban settlement
Suicide
Sunbelt/rustbelt
Sunday school
Superbowl (sunday)
Superfund
Superheroes
Supreme court
Supremes, the
Surfing
Surgeon general
Survivalists
Susann, jacqueline
Sweatshops
Swimming
Syndication
T
Tabloids
Talk radio
Talk shows, television
Tan, amy
Tarantino, quentin
Taxes
Taylor, elizabeth
Teamsters union
Teenagers
Teen fiction
Telecommunications
Television
Television and minorities
Tennessee valley authority (tva)
Tennis
Tet offensive
Texas
Thalidomide
Theater
Theme parks
Think tanks
Thomas, clarence
Three stooges
Thurber, james
Thurmond, strom
Till, emmet
Times square
Time warner
Tipping
Title ix
Tobacco industry
Tourism
Toys
Track and field
Trade and trade agreements
Trains
Transexuals
Transvestites
Trucks and trucking
Truman, harry s.
Trump, donald
Tupperware
Turkey
Turner, ted
Tv guide
U
Ufos/extraterrestrials
Ukrainian americans
Unabomber
“Underclass”
Uniforms, school
Unions
Unions, public sector
Unitarian universalist association
United nations
Updike, john
Upper class
Urban planning
Urban renewal
V
Vacation bible camps
Valens, richie
Variety shows, television
V-chip
Venturi, robert
Veterans
Viagra
Vice-presidency
Vidal, gore (eugene luther)
Video
Video cassette recorder (vcr)
Vietnamese americans
Vietnam memorials
Vietnam syndrome
Vietnam war
Background
America’s war
Tet offensive and 1968
Nixon and vietnam
Legacies
Violence
Violence and media
Virgin islands
Visual arts
Volleyball
Vonnegut, kurt, jr.
Voting rights act of 1965
Voudou
W
Waco (branch davidians)
Walker, alice
Wallace, george
Wallace, michele
Waller, robert james
Wall street
Walton, sam
War
Warhol, andy
War movies
War on poverty
Warren, earl (court)
Warren commission
Washington, dc
Washington, denzel
Washington press corps
Waterfronts
Watergate
Waters, john
Waters, muddy (mckinley morganfield)
Wayne, john (marion michael morrison)
Weather
Weather underground
Weddings
Welfare/welfare reform
Welk, lawrence
Welles, orson
West
West, cornel
Westerns, film
Westerns, literature
Westerns, television
White
White, edmund
White-collar crime
White flight
Whitewater scandal
Wideman, john edgar
Wiesel, elie
Wilder, billy
Williams, hank
Williams, tennessee (thomas)
Wilson, august
Wilson, edmund
Wilson, pete
Wilson, robert
Winfrey, oprah
Wise use movement
Witchcraft (wicca)
Wolfe, tom
Women and film-making
Women in politics
Women’s liberation
Wonder, stevie
Woods, tiger
Woodstock
Working class
World’s fairs
Wounded knee
Wrestling
Wright, frank lloyd
Wright, richard
Wyler, william
Wynette, tammy
X
Xerox
X-games/x-treme sports
Y
Yard sales/flea markets/consignments
Ymca and ywca
Young, andrew
Yuppies
Z
Zappa, frank
Zoos and aquaria
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