Directory of 1960s Resources

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History of the 1960s; USA and elsewhere.

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1960s Flashback

http://www.1960sflashback.com/
Listings of top U.S. sports teams, books, movies, and TV shows during the 1960s.
1968 Revisited

http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/collections/exhibits/arch/Homepg/Index.html
Items and commentary from the New York University Archives; timeline relates events from 1965 to 1971.
Chicago '68

http://chicago68.com/
A chronology of events surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Digger Archives

http://www.diggers.org/
The famed San Francisco anarchist/street theatre group presents its history and lives on.
Free Speech Movement Archives

http://www.fsm-a.org/
Documents, photos, and essays on the events of the 1964 movement in Berkeley.
Free Speech Movement Digital Archive

http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/FSM/
Information on the FSM digital archive from the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley.
Freedom Archives

http://www.freedomarchives.org/
Organization based in San Francisco, USA, restores and archives audiotapes from the late-60s to the mid-90s that chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international solidarity movements.
Greg Knight's Patio Culture

http://www.patioculture.net/
Discussion of American suburban culture in the 1960s.
New York 1964 World's Fair

http://www.westland.net/ny64fair/
1964 World's Fair history site with illustrated articles and clickable maps with photos and commentary about 140 attractions.
New York World's Fair 1964-65

http://www.nywf64.com/
Although this site is poorly organized, it has some excellent photographs and information about the "Space Age" fair.
SDS: Rebels with a Cause

http://www.sdsrebels.com/
Site for a documentary film about Students for a Democratic Society also has historical information.
Sixties Net

http://www.sixties.net/
Pop culture, music, and snippets of history. Includes discussion forum and chat.
SNCC 1960-1966

http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc/
Six years of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee .
The Greensboro Sit-ins - Launch of a Civil Rights Movement

http://www.sitins.com/
A new chapter in the civil rights movement with an overview and photographs.
The Guardian: 1960s section of a millennium project

http://www.theguardian.com/Millennium/0,2833,246654,00.html
Year-by-year articles on the highlights of the decade.
The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
The American Museum of the Moving Image has examples of television commercials from presidential elections including 1960, 1964, and 1968.
The Sixties Project

http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/sixties/
Literature, essays, bibliographies, personal narratives, and graphic arts.
The Sixties Section - What Happened in the Sixties?

http://www.bbhq.com/sixties.htm
Stories, pictures, music, and news events of the baby boomer generation.
The Story of the Manson Family and their Victims

http://www.cielodrive.com/
Extensive, well-illustrated site dealing with the 1969 murder spree.
The Whole World Was Watching: An Oral History of 1968

http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/1968/
Students at South Kingstown High School, Rhode Island, interviewed people about their experiences of the 1960s.
Where Were You on July 20, 1969?

http://www.wherewereyou.com/
Collaborative journal of memories from the day of the first manned moon landing.

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