Takin' it to the Streets: A Sixties Reader

Item Number

E841.T28

Author/Artist/Editor

Alexander Bloom, Wini Breines

Type

Book, Hard Copy

Date

2011

Press/Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

English

Description

Drawn from mainstream sources, little-known sixties periodicals, pamphlets, public speeches, and personal voices, the selections range from the Port Huron Statement and the NOW Bill of Rights to speeches by Malcolm X, Richard Nixon, Robert Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan, to private letters from civil rights workers and Vietnam soldiers. The book focuses on civil rights, Black Power, the counterculture, the women's movement, anti-war activity, and gay and lesbian struggles, as well as the conservative current that ran counter to more typical sixties movements. These include topics that fell outside the daily attention of the media, as well those that made front-page news. For this revised edition, the editors have added new sections on Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Great Society, popular culture, and the widespread impact of sixties movements, as well as new selections on the American Indian movement, communes, and the environment.

Keywords

Sixties

ISSN/ISBN

978-0-19-536835-2

Availability

Available

OCLC

658812517