Drawn from a wide range of perspectives and showcasing a variety of primary source materials, Brian Ward's The 1960s: A Documentary Reader highlights the most important themes of the era. Supplies students with over 50 primary documents on the turbulent period of the 1960s in the United States Includes speeches, court decisions, acts of Congress, secret memos, song lyrics, cartoons, photographs, news reports, advertisements, and first-hand testimony A comprehensive introduction, document headnotes and questions at the end of each chapter are designed to encourage students to engage with the material critically

Brian Ward is Professor of American Studies at the University of Manchester. His major publications include the award winning books Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness and Race Relations (1998) and Radio and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the South (2004). He is currently working on a book about the relationship between the American South and the world of British popular music.

Series Editors' Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Into the 1960s	p. 19
Jack Gould, Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1956	p. 19
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Our Struggle," 1956	p. 22
Nora Johnson, "Sex and the College Girl," 1957	p. 26
Time, "The Roots of Home," 1960	p. 31
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address, 1961	p. 35
The Economy: Abundance, Consumerism, and Poverty	p. 41
Michael Harrington, The Other America, 1962	p. 41
Council of Economics Advisers, Annual Report, 1965, 1966	p. 46
Frigidaire, Advertisement for Gemini 19 Refrigerator, 1966	p. 48
The Monkees, "Pleasant Valley Sunday," 1967	p. 50
Billboard, Top Selling Records, 1960-9	p. 52
The Cold War Context	p. 55
John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 1961	p. 55
Robert McNamara, Notes on October 21, 1962, Meeting with the President	p. 58
Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, and Peter George, Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 1964	p. 62
Revd. David A. Noebel, Rhythm, Riots and Revolution, 1966	p. 65
The Civil Rights Movement	p. 69
SNCC, Statement of Purpose, 1960	p. 69
Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have A Dream," 1963	p. 70
Malcolm X, "The Ballot or the Bullet," 1964	p. 74
Fannie Lou Hamer, Testimony to the Democratic Party National Convention, 1964	p. 79
Lyndon B. Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights," 1965	p. 83
The New Left and the Counterculture	p. 90
Students for a Democratic Society, the Port Huron Statement, 1962	p. 90
Mario Savio, "An End to History," 1964	p. 95
Rick Griffin, Pow-Wow: A Gathering of the Tribes, 1967	p. 99
Warren Hinckle, "A Social History of the Hippies," 1967	p. 101
Yippie!, "People, Get Ready," 1968	p. 104
Vietnam	p. 107
Lyndon B. Johnson, Telephone Conversation with Senator Richard Russell, 1964	p. 107
US Congress, Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 1964	p. 110
US State Department, Aggression from the North, 1965	p. 112
Country Joe and the Fish, "I Feel Like I'm Fixin'-To-Die Rag," 1965/1967	p. 115
Corporal Jon Johnson, Letter to Mom & Dad & Peggy, 1966	p. 117
CBS News, "Saigon Under Fire," 1968	p. 119
Gender and Sexuality	p. 125
Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 1963	p. 125
US News & World Report, "The Pill," 1966	p. 129
National Organization for Women, Bill of Rights, 1967	p. 133
Redstockings Manifesto, 1969	p. 135
Lucian Truscott IV, "Gay Power Comes to Sheridan Square," 1969	p. 138
Ruth Miller, Testimony to Senate Hearing on an Equal Rights Amendment, 1970	p. 142
Conservatism and the New Right	p. 147
Billy Graham, "The National Purpose," 1960	p. 147
Young Americans for Freedom, Sharon Statement, 1960	p. 151
US Supreme Court, Abington v. Schempp, 1963	p. 153
Ronald Reagan, "A Time For Choosing," 1964	p. 157
Herblock, "Wallace For President," 1968	p. 161
Richard M. Nixon, Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, 1968	p. 163
Spiro Agnew, Television News Coverage, 1969	p. 168
Science, Technology, and the Environment	p. 173
John F. Kennedy, "The Nation's Space Effort," 1962	p. 173
Sony, Advertisement for Micro-TV, 1962	p. 177
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962	p. 179
US Congress, the Wilderness Act, 1964	p. 182
Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Catalog, 1968	p. 186
Racial and Ethnic Identity: Pride and Politics	p. 189
Black Panther Party, "What We Want, What We Believe," 1966	p. 189
Associated Press, Black Power Salute at the Mexico Olympics, 1968	p. 192
Indians of All Nations, "Alcatraz Proclamation," 1969	p. 194
Chicano National Conference, "El Plan de Aztlán," 1969	p. 197
Out of the 1960s: Alternative Endings	p. 201
Robert F. Kennedy, Remarks on the Death of Martin Luther King, 1968	p. 201
Joni Mitchell, "Woodstock," 1969	p. 203
John Filo, Kent State Killings, 1970	p. 205
US Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade, 1973	p. 207
Watergate Special Prosecution Force, Memo on Prosecuting Richard M. Nixon, 1974	p. 209
The 1960s in Myth and Memory	p. 212
Dan Quayle, "Reflections on Urban America," 1992	p. 212
Stephen Holden, "Seeing the 60s Through a 90s Corrective Lens," 1999	p. 216
David Greenberg, "Saigon and Saddam: The Use and Abuse of Vietnam Analogies," 2004	p. 221
Thomas J. Sugrue, "The End of the '60s," 2008	p. 225
Further Reading	p. 227
Index	p. 234
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