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Maurice Isserman and Michael Kazin, America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960's |
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A balanced interpretation and synthesis of the scholarly literature on the 1960s, which examines such topics as electoral politics, civil rights, the counterculture, and the impact of the Vietnam war, and looks at the conservative as well as left-wing movements. |
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JFK (1991) |
Description
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Oliver Stone's controversial retelling of the events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy blames the shooting on Lyndon Johnson, the CIA, J. Edgar Hoover, and the Mafia. |
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IMBd |
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Five Easy Pieces (1970) |
Description
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This exploration of alienation and anomie focuses on a promising pianist who gives up his musical career to work on an oil rig. |
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IMDb |
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Easy Rider (1969) |
Description
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One of the highest grossing films of the decade, this anti-establishment film follows two drug carriers as they travel across America, encountering hippies, rednecks, and prostitutes. |
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IMDb |
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link
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Graduate (1967) |
Description
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An examination of the generation gap and the youth rebellion, the film focuses on a shy, ambitionless college graduate who has an affair with a married woman before falling in love with her daughter. |
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IMDb |
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link
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Carnal Knowledge (1971) |
Description
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Traces the sex lives, affairs, and marriages of two college buddies from the 1940s through the 1960s, this film offers a highly critical perspective on men's behavior and values. |
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IMDb |
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link
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Woodstock (1970) |
Description
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A chronicle of the 1969 rock concert that attracted 400,000 spectators. |
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Right Stuff (1983) |
Description
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This adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book about the beginnings of the U.S. space program contrasts the original astronauts with the heroism of the test pilots who received little public attention. |
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IMDb |
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URL
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link
to site |
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Nixon (1995) |
Description
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Oliver Stone's biographical film links Nixon's formative experiences as a child to his intense ambition and his scandal-plagued presidency. |
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Gimme Shelter (1970) |
Description
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A murder at a free concert by the Rolling Stones at Altamont race track near San Francisco brought a symbolic end to the utopian spirit of the 1960s. |
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Medium Cool (1969) |
Description
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Shot during the violence surrounding the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, this film provides a commentary on the political assassinations, the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, and counterculture protests of the 1960s. |
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Hard Day's Night (1964) |
Description
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Director Richard Lester's off-beat chronicle of 36 hours in the life of the Beatles. |
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IMBd |
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link
to site |
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Pawnbroker (1964) |
Description
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A Jewish pawnbroker in Harlem, who survived imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp, is unable to overcome his emotional and psychic wounds. |
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IMDb |
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URL
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link
to site |
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Title
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Forrest Gump (1994) |
Description
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This film etraces the major events of the 1960s and 1970s through the eyes of its dull-witted protagonist. |
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Title
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Hollywood in the 1960s and 1970s |
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Steven Mintz |
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link
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Space Race |
Description
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Photographs, quotations, and other materials that place the space race in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. |
| Source
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Smithsonian |
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Space Race |
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link
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Title
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Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement |
Description
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A searchable collection of documents dealing with the women’s movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s focusing on such topics as women’s roles, work, organizations, music, and medical and reproductive rights. |
| Source
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Duke U. |
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Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement |
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URL
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link
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Title
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Free Speech Movement |
Description
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This collection contains speeches, leaflets, interviews, memoirs, and audio clips examining the history and legacy of the Free Speech Movement. |
| Source
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Free Speech Movement Archives |
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Free Speech Movement |
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URL
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link
to site |
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Title
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Cuban Missile Crisis |
Description
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An online exhibit focusing on the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. |
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National Archives |
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Cuban Missile Crisis |
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link
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Sixties Project |
Description
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This site contains documents relating to the radical movementsof the 1960s plus several online exhibits dealing with such topics as public protest and sixties buttons. |
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U. of Virginia |
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Sixties Project |
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