1961-1969

Examines significant people and events in the history of the United States during the 1960s, covering disasters, entertainment, trends, politics, the arts, science and technology, sports, society, economy, fashion, and activities. Includes a time line, glossary, and photographs.

Presents a collection of essays and speeches by prominent figures such as Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Walter Cronkite, as well as letters from soldiers and their families about the issues and events connected to the Vietnam War.

Chronicles the early life, presidential campaign, term in office, and assassination of the thirty-fifth president of the United States.

Explores how socially conscious ideals from the 1960s can be integrated into the life choices of the 1990s.

Following the deaths of two classmates in a bomb explosion at his Alabama church, fourteen-year-old Stone organizes a children's march for civil rights in the autumn of 1963.

Focuses on the personalities, trends, and events as well as on the every day life of the decade.

A history of the 1960s, discussing the social, cultural, and grassroots political movements that defined the decade, including the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Civil Rights Movement; and providing information about some of the people who spurred the era of change.

A collection of speeches, articles, and manifestoes reflecting the history of the decade of the 60s.

In the summer of 1964, a thirteen-year-old white boy whose best friend is black is caught in the middle when civil rights workers and Ku Klux Klan members clash in a small town near Tupelo, Mississippi.

Photographs, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam.