1961-1969

Presents a selection of readings that provide information and insights into the major events of 1962 including John Glenn's orbit of Earth, the environmental movement, Bob Dylan's first album release, the rise of student activism, Marilyn Monroe's death, the ban on school prayer, and others.

Presents a selection of readings that provide information and insights into the major events of 1961, covering Kennedy's inauguration speech, the Peace Corps, the Bay of Pigs, the space race, civil rights, student activism, the Cold War, folk music, Hemingway's suicide, youth, the nuclear threat, and U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Presents a selection of readings that provide information and insights into the major events of 1966 including the Delano grape strikes, the Miranda ruling, the debut of "Star Trek," the formation of the National Organization for Women, and others.

In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother Patrick goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans' Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the war in Vietnam and the tumultuous events in the United States. Includes historical notes.

Presents a selection of readings that provide information and insights into the major events of 1963, covering civil rights issues, the feminist movement, the Earth orbit, the sinking of the "USS Thresher," landmark court cases, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and Vietnam policy.

Traces the conflict in Vietnam from its origins to the final fall of South Vietnam, covering crucial battles and key characters in the war.

Collects twenty primary sources from 1960s America that provide firsthand perspectives on the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the antiwar movement, feminism, radical groups such as the Yippies, and the power of television, and includes a time line and a glossary.

Presents articles on such aspects of 1960s America as the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, the antiwar movement, the civil rights movement, feminism, the sexual revolution, counterculture, religion, sports, and entertainment, and includes a time line and a glossary.

A history of the United States during the 1950s and 1960s including sections on health care, eating habits, family life, environmental issues, and the condition of the elderly.

Presents several articles which discuss the seeds of the counterculture, the protests against the war in Vietnam, the hippies and the psychadelic revolution, guerilla politics as practiced by the Yippies and the feminists, and the Black Power movement.