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The Sixties on Film

America in the 20th Century: The Sixties
Part of the American History in Video series. The 1960 elections, the Civil Rights Movement, school integration, the Vietnam War, protest movements, etc.

Some Basic Resources

The Sixties Project: Archive of Online Resources
Primary and secondary resources.
Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture
James S. Baugess and Abbe Allen DeBolt, editors. Santa Barbara, Calif., Greenwood, 2012. 2 volumes.
Over 500 entries with bibliographies on people, organizations, and events of the 60s. Available?
"Takin' It To the Streets": A Sixties Reader
 
Alexander Bloom and Wini Breines. 3rd edition. New York, Oxford University Press, 2011.
Primary documents focusing on social protest movements. Available?
America in the Sixties--Right, Left, and Center: A Documentary History.
Edited by Peter B. Levy. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1998. Available?

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