nineteen sixty-nine, a.d

As the 1960s drew to a close, the United States was coming apart at the seams. From August 1969 to August 1970, the nation witnessed nine thousand protests and eighty-four acts of arson or bombings at schools across the country. It was the year of the My Lai massacre investigation, the Cambodia invasion, Woodstock, and the Moratorium to End the War. The American death toll in Vietnam was approaching fifty thousand, and the ascendant counterculture was challenging nearly every aspect of American society. Witness to the Revolution, Clara Bingham?s unique oral history of that tumultuous time, unveils anew that moment when America careened to the brink of a civil war at home, as it fought a long, futile war abroad.

Introduces Woodstock Festival, a three-day concert in upstate New York in the summer of 1969.

Chronicles the definitive events that took place in 1969 and their effect on culture, society, sports, music, film, and politics.

Presents a selection of readings that provide information and insights into the major events of 1969 including the election of the first African-American congresswoman, the moon landing, the Manson family murders, Woodstock, the Native American occupation of Alcatraz, and others.