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Pathfinder for 1960-1969: Age of Aquarius
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The American Experience: Vietnam |
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Developed to accompany the award-winning series VIETNAM: a Television History, the site includes a timeline, a list of who's who, map reference, and more. |
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Sixties Project |
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Find back issues of THE VIET NAM GENERATION JOURNAL and personal narratives on the 1960's. |
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John F. Kennedy Assassination |
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http://www.realhistoryarchives.com/collections/assassinations/jfk.htm |
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Research articles pertaining to facts surrounding the Kennedy assassination, Oswald, basic evidence of conspiracy, and likely suspects. |
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Martin Luther King Assassination |
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http://www.realhistoryarchives.com/collections/assassinations/mlk.htm |
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Find articles and transcripts relating to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Vietnam War Memorial |
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The site is dedicated to honoring those who died in the Vietnam War. Find names added to the wall in recent years, photos, a casualty summary, and more. |
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Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement: An On-line Archival Collection |
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From Duke University's Special Collections Library, the materials in this on-line archival collection document various aspects of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, and focus specifically on the radical origins of this movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Items range from radical theoretical writings to humourous plays to the minutes of an actual grassroots group. |
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The Psychedelic '60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change |
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Information about the social movements of the 1960s in the United States, with emphasis on the literature of the period. |
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The Vietnam Project : Texas Tech University |
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"In addition to its mission of collecting materials concerning Vietnam, the Vietnam War, and Southeast Asia, the Vietnam Archive currently administers two projects, the Oral History Project and the Virtual Vietnam Archive." The site features oral histories, documents (such as official military records) and photographs. |
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The Whole World Was Watching: An Oral History of 1968 |
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A view of 1968, created thirty years later by students at South Kingston (RI) High School through interviews with Rhode Islanders. Find transcripts, audio, and edited stories about topics such as the Vietnam War, civil rights, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. Also find essays, a timeline of events, a glossary, and a bibliography. A joint product between the high school and Brown University. |
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project |
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"The King Papers Project is a major research effort to assemble and disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated." This site features papers, speeches, sermons, a biography, an excerpt from his autobiography, a chronology, and articles. Includes related links. From Stanford University. |
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Stephen Feinstein |
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973.92 F327n6 |
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Traces the events, trends, politics, and important people of the 1960's. Includes lifestyles, fashion, arts and entertainment, sports, environmental issues, and technology. |
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James Haskins and Kathleen Benson |
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973.92 H273s |
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The ABC-CLIO Companion to the 1960s counterculture in America |
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Neil A. Hamilton |
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Ref 973.923 H18ab |
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Covers the major and minor indivuals, political events, music, films, drugs, slang, and other topics that shaped the period. |
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Gale Research |
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Ref 973.92 A5126 |
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An overview and chronology covering the entire decade, which includes biographies, explanations of concepts, terms and evetns, quotations, charts, sidebars covering high-interest topics, and much more. |
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William L. O'Neill |
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973.921 O58 |
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An analysis of the 1960's. |
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Thomas Leonard, Cynthia Crippen, and Marc Aronson |
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Ref 909.8260202 P228d |
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Brock Helander |
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Ref 781.66 H366r |
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An encyclopedic overview of major musicians, groups, and influential non-performing individuals from the 1960's popular music scene. |
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The whole world's watching : peace and social justice movements of the 1960s & 1970s. |
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Berkeley Art Center Association |
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327.172097946 W62 2001 |
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Nick Treanor |
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Y 959.7043 V6781 2004 |
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The Vietnam War killed over 58,000 Americans and approximately 2 million Vietnamese and left deep scars on the American national conscience. This anthology presents primary documents tracing the development of American intervention in Southeast Asia from Ho Chi Minh's 1945 declaration of Vietnamese independence to the fall of Saigon. |
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A young girl named Maria is uncertain about her decision to enter a religious order. While deciding what to do, she becomes the governess of the seven Von Trapp children who live with their widowed father, a former Austrian naval captain. The film version stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. |
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DVD 781.66 W8682 |
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The entire performance of every artist was filmed at Woodstock. This footage has been archived since that history-making weekend and has only recently been re-discovered. |
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DVD 305.5 A512 |
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A look into the hippie revolution of San Francisco during the '60s, and how the free love and music turned into a life of drug use, violence, and broken dreams. |
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DVD 959.704 H351 |
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The Vietnam War has provided plenty of inspiration for film director's who are eager to bring the epic battle to the screen. This seven-part program takes a different approach and speaks to actual veterans who fought in the war, as well as showing some impressive vintage footage from the era. |
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DVD 808.85 K383g |
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In his compelling inaugural speech, President John F. Kennedy gave voice to the inspired realism that would be the spirit of his administration and articulated the democratic spirit of a new generation of Americans. Students will learn that his challenge to America's Baby Boomers came at the height of the Cold War, an ideological battle and heated competition between the United States and Soviet Union. |
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DVD 364.152 K386 |
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This probing and perceptive biography reassesses the remarkable and tragic life of the third Kennedy son, Robert Francis Kennedy. Features extensive interviews with family members, friends, journalists, Washington insiders, and civil rights activists. |
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DVD 323.1 V87 |
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From the fearless resolve of a single woman to the remarkable voice of thousands marching, this History Channel special offers a stunning overview of one of America's greatest defining periods. |
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DVD 323.1196 E9702 |
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Ain't scared of your jails (1960-1961) : Covers lunch counter sit-ins and their impact on the Kennedy and Nixon presidential race of 1960, the formation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, and the freedom rides of 1961. No easy walk (1961-1963) : Visits the cities where the tactics of nonviolent protest met both success and failure. Also covers the high point of those emotional times, the 1963 March on Washington, and the violence that followed. |
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Boom! : Voices of the sixties : personal reflections on the '60's and today |
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COM 973.92 B787b |
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Redefines the tumultuous 1960s, a decade that saw the rise of the rebellious children of the "greatest generation", to reveal how American social, political, economic, and cultural institutions were transformed by an era of dramatic change. |
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COM Folk N472 |
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Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival, 1963. Featuring Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, The Freedom Singers, and more. |
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library |
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Find information relating to the life and times of John F. Kennedy. Includes links to historical resources, national archives, and more. |
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Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum |
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Find information relating to the life and times of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Includes a biographical chronology, quick facts, speeches, telephone conversations, and more. |
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Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace |
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Find information relating to the life and times of Richard Milhous Nixon. Includes a forum, archives, Vietnam War bibliography, and Nixon's public papers. |