THE 1960s: Assorted Websites
General: All students should check the following:
U.S. History in Context database – see Database section in library webpages
Library of Congress www.loc.gov/index.html
www.history.com/topics/1960s
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Chicano Movement
Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol3/chicano/chicano.html
The Chicano Movement: Brown and Proud
http://racerelations.about.com/od/historyofracerelations/a/BrownandProudTheChic
anoMovement.htm
Cesar Chavez
www.cesarechavezfoundation.org
United Farm Workers: The Story of Cesar Chavez
www.ufw.org/_page.php?inc+history/07.html&menu=research
The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/
Cesar Chaves: 1927-1993 http://www.infoplease.com/spot/cesarchavez.html
Weather Underground
www.pbs.org/independentlens/weatherunderground/
Internet Movie Database “The Weather Underground” (2002)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0343168
Time: A Brief history of the Weather Underground
www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1847793,00.html
Environmental Movement
Environmental Protection: A Brief History…
http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/en
vlnw15&div=27&id=&page=
History of the Environmental Movement
http://www.mtmultipleuse.org/endangered/esahistory.htm
American Indian Movement
American Indian Movement: Grand Governing Council http://www.aimmovement.org
Minnesota Hist. Society: Amer. Inidian Movement
http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/93aim.html
http://www.infoplease.com/Ce6/society/A0803678.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/american-indian-movement.
Consumer Advocacy Group
Consumer Advocacy Group of America http://www.consumer-advocacy.org/
Women’s Rights
Women’s History in America http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm
Women’s Rights Movement in the UlS.: Timeline of Key Events in the Amer. Women’s
Rights Movement 948-1920 http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html
Second Wave Feminism: 1960s and 1970s
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/essentials/u/womens_rights_history.htm#s3
(see bulleted links to subtopics)
Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press: History of Women’s Media “The
Development of Communication Networks Among Women, 1963-1983
http://www.wifp.org/womensmediach2.html
Special Needs/Education
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psych. Facts for Families: Services in
School for Children with Special Needs: What Parents Need to Know
http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/services_in_school_for_children
_with_special_needs_what_pare.
Special Education Law
http://www.nolo.com/legal_encyclopedia/special_education_law29626.html
Nat’l Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ncld.org/on-capitol-hill/federal-
laws-aamp-ld?gclid=CMaLu4KL4KgCFcU65QodOUlSOQ “Federal Laws and LD”
History of Special Education http://www.learingrx.com/history-of-special-
education.htm
Gay Rights
http://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights-movement
http://civilliberty.about.com/od/gendersexuality/tp/History-Gay-Rights-
Movement.htm
The American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A)761909.html
History New Network “When did the Gay Rights Movement Begin”
http://hnn.us/articles/11316.htm/
Hippies
History of Hippie Movement www.ehow.com/about_5375320_history-hippie-
movement.html
Black Panther Party
http://blackpanther.org
http://www.bobbyseale.com/phototour/
http://www.africanaonline.com/2010/08/black-panther-party/
Busing Crisis/Anti-busing Movement
http://www.cnlawrence.com/papers/busing.pdf
http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/org.wgbh.mla:MLA001309
http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/7768