Access a database of leaflets, illustrations, posters, and newspapers that were distributed on the University of Washington campus during the 1960s and 1970s. Items in the collection reflect the social and political activities of the...

By the middle of the 1960s, American public opinion was beginning to favor US withdrawal from the Vietnam War. After the Tet Offensive in 1968 and Nixon's secret bombings of Cambodia, the majority of Americans were calling for complete...

The decade of the 1960s was a time of protest about the Vietnam War and civil rights, and progressive legislation addressing many problems. Find primary source material, charts, and statistics that cover these topics. Included are...

Webisode 15 - We Shall Overcome. The history of the United States is presented in a series of webisodes, within each are a number of segments.Included are links to lesson plans, teacher guides, resources, activities, and tools.

Explore how the events and cultural and political changes that occurred in 1968 came to represent the upheaval and dramatic changes in American life during the 1960s.

Detailed and interesting information pertaining to the four students shot dead at Kent State University by Ohio National Guardsmen on May 4, 1970.

From Kent University archives, find collections providing Frequently Asked Questions, May 4 Web Exhibit, oral history project, and legal aftermath. Trustworthy source of information on this tragic incident in history.

This site focuses mainly on facts and is a little less biased than other reports on the 1968 Democratic Convention and riots in Chicago. Discusses some of the causes and the aftermath of the event.