1960-1980

At the beginning of 1965, the U.S. seemed on the cusp of a golden age. Americans had been shocked by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 but they still exuded a sense of consensus and optimism. Political liberalism and interracial civil rights activism made it appear as if 1965 would find America more progressive and unified than it had ever been before. In 1965 President Johnson succeeded in getting passed through Congress legisation that included Medicare, immigrantion reform, and a powerful Voting Rights Act. But 1965 also ushered in the birth of the tumultuous era we now know as "the Sixties" when American society and culture underwent a major transformation. Civil Rights and voting rights demonstrators were attacked, black leaders were questioning whether non-violent protest was effective, and the Vietnam War escalated. As the mood darkened, the country became deeply divided.

A portrait of the life and work of outspoken activity and feminist, Midge Costanza, who became the first female assistant to the president for public liason under the Carter Administration in 1977.

When Bobbi Gibb saw the Boston Marathon her mind was set---she had to be part of it. This picture book tells the true story of how she broke the rules in 1966, and through grit and determination, changed the world.

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.

A comprehensive portrait of the 1960s that includes coverage of the era's counterculture movement, anti-war protests, and civil rights demonstrations.

Before she became the legendary Mama Cass---one quarter of the mega-huge folk group The Mamas and the Papas---Cass Eliot was a girl from Baltimore trying to make it in the big city.

Collection of articles analyzing the 1960s, focusing on the actions of social protest movements, and argues that the new left and counterculture produced a coherent body of critical thought about the nature of American society.

Discuses the events of 1965 and how they transformed American society.