1961-1969

Discusses four major events during the 1960s: the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the emergence of the hippie, and rock music.

Todd Gitlin was an early president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and an organizer of the first national demonstration against the Vietnam War. Today he is a writer, media critic, and professor of sociology at the University of California. His book is part critical history, part personal memoir, part celebration, and part meditation and resurrects a generation in all its glory and tragedy.

An anthology of primary documents from the sixties that brings together representative writings from that period, many of which have been unavilable for years or have never been reprinted.

Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the Kennedy assassination through the Civil Rights Act.

Presents a selection of readings that provide information and insights into the major events of 1968, including Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final speech and assassination, reaction to the Tet Offensive and other Vietnam protests, the murder of Robert F. Kennedy, the Chicago riots, and others.

A collection of writings that study the events of the 1960s from the perspective of new leftists, liberals, and conservatives.

Text and more than 500 photographs record the major events, trends, and personalities of the 1960's.