Channeling the Past: Politicizing History in Postwar America

List of Illustrations

ix Il­ lus­ tra­ tions Bud­ wei­ ser spon­ sors the Free­ dom Train, ca. 1947–49 11 His­ tory Book Club ad­ ver­ tise­ ment fea­ tur­ ing the Free­ dom Train, 1947 29 Ad­ ver­ tise­ ment for Cav­ al­ cade of Amer­ ica pro­ gram star­ ring Ro­ nald Rea­ gan, 1947 77 You Are There, scene from “The Eman­ ci­ pa­ tion Proc­ la­ ma­ tion,” 1955 135­ African ­ American sol­ diers wait to board a train in the seg­ re­ gated South, 1947 167 Mis­ siles ex­ hib­ ited at the Smith­ so­ nian In­ sti­ tu­ tion, 1960 188 The Ei­ sen­ how­ ers at­ tend the gala open­ ing of the ren­ o­ vated First La­ dies Hall, 1955 216 ...