A comprehensive look at America in the 1960's that presents thirty profiles of individuals and families--their life at home, on the job, and in their neighborhood--and includes photographs and historical images and covers economic and social conditions.
1960's activist Tom Hayden, examines the anti-war and peace movements of that era, their legacies, and how it actually paved the way toward the election of Barack Obama in 2008.
Contains 3,000 quotations drawn from contemporary sources and grouped under such headings as Kennedy, Establishment, Macho, Liberation, Hollywood, Back to Nature, Watergate, and Carter.
Famous 1960s radical Bill Ayers shares details of a decade spent living underground, from his days on the "ten most wanted" list to his part in breaking Timothy Leary out of jail.
Describes events that occurred during 1968, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, the election of President Richard Nixon, the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, riots in the streets and campuses of America, and other pivotal events in American history.