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- Collection: US 1960s - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)
A young "hippie" standing in front of a row of National Guard soldiers, across the street from the Hilton Hotel at Grant Park, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
White House Drug ConferenceThis conference discussed drug-related issues, such as addiction, trafficking, and public health policy. The photograph offers a glimpse into a…
I Have a Dream SpeechA speech by Martin Luther King calling for equality in the United States between all races.
Pentagon PapersThe Pentagon Papers are classified documents leaked by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971 which revealed the hidden history of U.S. decision-making in Vietnam.…
The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of RageA book that the displays the rise of various social movements like the Civil Rights movement, anti-war protests against Vietnam, and the New Left.
A book exploring the various social and political movements of the 1960s, including the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-war movement, and the…
A book examining the social and political divisions within the United States during the 1960s
A list of teaching guidelines for Freedom Schools teachers in Mississippi during the Freedom Schools Movement (1964).
Junior NAACP DemonstrationA sit-in by Junior NAACP activists at a segregated movie theater in Farmville, Virginia. The item was donated by Phyllis Padow-Sederbaum, a volunteer…
Civil rights picketers in AtlantaPhotographer Billy Downs. Signs the demonstrators hold read "Separate is not equal" and "Segregation is not democratic."