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Oxford Aasc: The Civil Rights Movement of the 19502 and 1960s
View a visual essay of the Civil Rights movement. 10 mesmerizing images caught on camera--difficult to see, but difficult to look away from. A absolute must-see sight.
Made From Media
Made From History: 18 Key Figures From the Civil Rights Movement
This collection of images showcases people who played pivotal roles in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Era
This two-part feature on African American history offers an in-depth look at the events of the 1960's civil rights movement. Discusses voting rights, laws, military segregation, freedom rides, sit-ins and the NAACP. Includes historic...
US Senate
Trends in Congressional Appropriations [Pdf]
Provides numerous graphs accompanied by explanations of the government spending since the 1960s. Focuses on the restraint of the 1990s but shows the steady growth in the last forty years. Link to .pdf file. Requires Adobe Reader.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Race to the Moon
In 1955, the US and the USSR each announced plans to launch a satellite into orbit. Thus began the race to the moon. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the American space program and its new classes of astronauts achieved breakthroughs in...
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Chubby Checkers
From the British newspaper, Guardian Unlimited, a timeline that lets you examine the 1960s year by year and read about the main events and important people of that year. Covers events worldwide.
Other
Kodak: Powerful Days in White and Black
Stunning black and white photos documenting the civil rights struggle in the 1960s.
New York Times
New York Times: Mission: Music
Audio slideshow analysis of the musical score for the film "Mission: Impossible III," which uses the theme from the 1960s television series in different ways throughout.
New York Times
New York Times: Celebration of the Latin Mass
A video slide show depicting portions of traditional Latin Mass, also known as Tridentine Mass. Listen to Latin as spoken during the Mass, and read captions explaining why Latin Mass faded in the 1960s and why it is starting to regain...
BBC
Bbc: Art Sixties Photography
See images of famous and unknown faces from the 1960s. All black and white images by various photographers.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University: Space Exploration Resources: March to the Moon
A collection of images and movies from the original Project Mercury space missions, Gemini Project, and Apollo missions of the 1960s.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Library: Rock Music
The University of Virginia provides a short discussion of the psychedelic music of the 60s. Also contains cover art from twelve albums from this period. Click on the cover to see a bigger picture.
Tate
Tate Online: Marilyn Monroe as Pop Art Icon
An example from the Tate's collection of a silkscreen print of Marilyn Monroe by pop artist Andy Warhol.
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The 1960's were a time of social rebellion, fights for freedoms, and the creation of a counterculture. Text plus a colorful graphic flowchart takes one through the many events leading up to the 1960's! Visually appealing and of interest...
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Hear Julian Bond Talk About the Formation of Sncc
Informative biography of one of the founding leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a leading civil rights group of the 1960s.
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Land Grants
This site from SouthwestBooks.org provides this history of the New Mexico land grants is detailed and excellent background for the 1960s Mexican American land grant movement.
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Southwest books.org: Land Grants in Northern New Mexico
This site from SouthwestBooks.org provides this history of the New Mexico land grants is detailed and excellent background for the 1960s Mexican American land grant movement.
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A brief look at the career Sam and Dave, one of the most influential soul acts of the 1960s. Links to other significant names in soul music, too.
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A brief look at the career Sam and Dave, one of the most influential soul acts of the 1960s. Links to other significant names in soul music, too.
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The Massed
An in-depth view of Pat Oliphant's career in editorial cartooning. There are many good images of political satire about issues from the 1960s to the 1990s.
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