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The 1960s in America

1968 Olympics: The Salute

 

U.S. Team Drops Smith and Carols for Clenched Fist Display on Victory Stand. From the New York Times

 

 

Race, Culture, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete: The 1968 Olympic Protests and Their Aftermath. Douglas Hartmann. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2003. 

Audio Files

Huey Newton Speaks. In this 1970 interview recorded in his prison cell, Newton, one of the founding members of the Black Panther Party, explains his views on many social and political issues of the time. Rutgers-restricted Access

Videos

All Power to The People!. Award-winning documentary looks at the rise and fall of the Black Panthers. Rutgers-restricted Resources

Black Power Movement, 1966-1975. 7 videos/segments from American History in Video. Rutgers-restricted Resources

Still Revolutionaries. Documentary explores the lives of two women who were in the Black Panther Party between 1969 and 1975. 

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