REFORM

Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/index.html This site contains information on the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi, where it was particularly active. There are also links to other sites on the Civil Rights Movement.  Created by the McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.

Voices of Civil Rights http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/  Created by  AARP and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) this site is divided into several sections.  Particularly interesting is the section titled "The Voices" which features stories written and told by people who experienced the Civil Rights Movement first hand.  The History Section includes an interactive timeline, a photo gallery and even a music video.

About.com African American History http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/civilrightsmovement/ The links provided on this site are to various specific occurrences or people who were prominent in the Civil Rights Movement. From The History Net with Jessica McElrath.

Malcolm X: A Research Site http://www.brothermalcolm.net/ With speeches, biography and links to other sources this is an excellent resource on Malcolm X, a major force in the Civil Rights Movement.  Supported by Twenty First Century Books, and updated continuously, including current listing of upcoming events.

Free Speech Movement Digital Archive: Student Protest UCB http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/FSM/ A view of the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley, with papers and bibliography of books on the subject. Also included are photographs, pamphlets and more.  Created and maintained by the University of California Berkeley and the Bancroft Library, last updated 4/2/04.

The Black Panther Party's Struggle for Social Change http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/panthers/index.html A thorough site on the Black Panthers including the history of their founding, a timeline of significant events and information about the militant civil rights group and their actions.  Created by the California Heritage project and the Urban Dreams Project, hosted by the University of California, Berkeley.  Last updated on 6/3/03.
 

WOMEN’S LIBERATION

Documents from the Women’s Liberation Movement: An Online Archival Collection, Special Collections Library, Duke University http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/ These documents posted online regarding the Women’s Rights Movement are an excellent resource provided by Duke University Special Collections. As this page represents a portion of Duke University's Special Collection it is not often updated.  The information, however, is very good.

Also see the Vietnam War Ephemera Collection, University of Washington Digital Libraries Digital Collection http://content.lib.washington.edu/protestsweb/ for a nice collection of ephemera that pertains to the Women's Liberation Movement.   

COUNTER CULTURE/ POPULAR CULTURE

Kingwood College Library: American Cultural History 1960 – ’69 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html While this site does contain information and links about the political and military history of the 1960’s it will perhaps be best used for its wealth of information on popular culture.

The Sixties Project Website http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Sixties.html This site contains both primary and secondary sources on the 1960’s and was complied by scholars in the humanities.  The project coordinator is Kali Tal, Lecturer in Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies at University of Arizona. Although not the most current information, the contributions to this site are a good source.

The Digger Archives: The San Francisco Diggers (1966 – ’68…and beyond) http://www.diggers.org/ A group who promoted Free Society the Diggers were a typical fringe group in the 1960’s. This site is an archive of their printed materials and actions, as well as current actions and writings.

COLD WAR

CNN Interactive: CNN Presents the Cold War http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/ This site contains cultural information about the Cold War. Beware of the "WRITE-A-LONG" as it is fiction written by site visitors! Created by Cable News Network, Inc.  As this site presents the information from a show which already aired, there are few additions, however the content is still quite good.

Ft. Collins gov.com: From Civil Defense to Emergency Management http://www.ci.fort-collins.co.us/oem/civildefense.php This site has a good brief history of Civil Defense. Maintained by the city of Fort Collins.   For a more in depth look visit The Cold War Era Civil Defense Museum at http://civildefensemuseum.com/ .  Created and maintained by Eric Green.

The National Security Archive: Bay of Pigs 40 Years After http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/bayofpigs/ This site contains a timeline and history of the Bay of Pigs Incident, with recommended readings and declassified documents.  Created by the National Security Archive for the event, 3/22/01 - 3/24/01.  The Bay of Pigs information has not recently been updated as it was based upon the proceedings of a conference, however other information such as the news section is updated on a regular basis.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Cold War International History Project http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409 With articles listed in the archives this site provides primary resources and research on the Cold War.  This site refreshes its upcoming events calendar regularly.
 

GENERAL HISTORY AND TIMELINES

The History Guide Lectures on 20^th Century Europe: Lecture 15 1968 The Year of the Barricades http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture15.html.  This page is a lecture on the year 1968. A good resource for students who wish to better prepare themselves for exams and lectures.  Written by Steven Kreis.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian American History Timeline http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/timeline.htm This timeline links to sites which log counterculture, space exploration and more.

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History http://www.gilderlehrman.org/Use this site to learn specifics about various factors of the time – family, labor, legal etc. .

Questia: the Online Library – 1960’s America http://www.questia.com/library/1960s-america.jspThis site has a bibliography of books on the 1960’s, which can be previewed.  In order to view books and journals in full you must subscribe to the Questia Media service for a fee.

mbc Presents the History of Presidential Debates http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/index.htm Although the only televised presidential debate in the 1960’s was in 1960 itself, it was a pivotal point in television, and presidential campaigns.  Sponsored by AT&T.

Sixties Timeline http://www.gfsnet.org/msweb/sixties/sixtiestimeline/sixtiestimeline.htm While the articles corresponding to the timeline are not in depth, they do place events in correlation to each other, and provide perspective, as well as a starting point for paper ideas. Maintained by the Germantown Friends Middle School.
 

VIETNAM

The Vietnam Project http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/ This Texas Tech University resource is an excellent virtual as well as physical collection. The Vietnam Archive consists of The Vietnam Centers' collection of primary source materials such as letters from soldiers to family at home and secondary source materials, the Virtual Vietnam Archive of digitized images and other documents, and the Oral History project, which contains digitized interviews with Vietnam Veterans and information for students interested in learning how to conduct interviews. This is an excellent place to obtain primary source material and is easy to search.

The History Place presents The Vietnam War http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/ This site is a detailed timeline of America’s involvement in Vietnam.

Viet Cong Tunnels Operation CRIMP: http://www.gruntonline.com/TheWar/Tactics/tactics6.htm.  Specific information about the Viet Cong Tunnels, and the operation underwent by Americans and Australians to "clear" them.  From Grunt! online Vietnam Resource, which is updated on a monthly basis.  For other sites on specific actions see the following sites: Arc Lights and Super Gaggles: Examining the Air Battle for Khe Sanh http://www.gtexts.com/college/papers/f1.html written by Garrett Moritz,and The Australian Involvement In Vietnam: The Battle of Long Tan http://www.hotkey.net.au/~marshalle/lt/lt.htm, written by Ern Marshall.

Database on Vietnam War Era Prisoners-of-War and Missing-in-Action http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pow/powhome.html Established by the Library of Congress to assist researchers interested in investigating U.S. Government documents pertaining to U.S. military personnel listed as unaccounted for as of December 1991.

Vietnam War Ephemera Collection, University of Washington Digital Libraries Digital Collection http://content.lib.washington.edu/protestsweb/ This interesting collection of ephemera contains materials that circulated on the the University of Washington Campus in the 1960's and 1970's.  It includes leaflets and newspapers, and is divided by subject to make searching easier.

Created by Ellen Flaxman 01-21-03
Updated June 16, 2006 by Nyle Monday