Introduction

This page includes links to web sites that can serve as reference to events in the 1960s. The web sites range in topics covering the whole span of the decade, from the politics, to the social history, the Civil Rights Movement and the War in Vietnam.

Please Note: the audio files of some the '60s most defining speeches are originally located at the The Authentic History Center. For this pupose they were subdivided thematically and are linked to the files on Authentic History Center site.

As well all audio files need to have Windows Media Player installed.

Web Sites on the 1960s

President John F. Kennedy

• John F. Kennedy Library - This is Kennedy's presidential library site. The Library is apart of the the National Archives and Records Administration. The site includes some primary source materials as well as audio, but also has information on the library's archival holdings relating to the Kennedy Administration.
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• The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection (National Archives) - This web site has primary source material on the events surrounding President Kennedy's assasination.
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• Cuban Missile Crisis - from George Washington University. Prepared for the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Includes a chronology, primary documents and historians' analysis of the Crisis.

President Lyndon B. Johnson

• Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum - This site Johnson's presidential library site. The Library is apary of the the National Archives and Records Administration. The site includes some primary source materials, but also has information on the library's archival holdings, photos and other resources relating to the Johnson Presidency.
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• LBJ in the Oval Office (sound files from History Out Loud) - This site has links to audio files from Johnson's important speeches and some recorded conversations in the Oval Office.

President Richard M. Nixon

• The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace - This site is Nixon's presidential library website. Although not a part of NARA, due to his resignation, the library and its site is the has a lot of information and links about Nixon and his political career.

The Civil Rights Movement

• Civil Rights Documentation Project (University of Southern Mississippi) - This web site serves as a bibliography with locations were a researcher can find archival sources relating to the Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement.
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• Martin Luther Kink, Jr. Papers Project (Stanford University) - This web site has listings of books and archival resources relating to MLK Jr. The site has as well has some relevant imformation on King, including a biography, timeline and inventory.
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• The 40th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Have We Fulfilled the Dream? - This government web site revisits the 1963 March on Washington and examines the impact it has had on the United States and Civil Rights.
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• National Civil Rights Museum (Memphis, TN) - This is the web site of the Civil Rights Museum which has online documents, encyclopedia articles, Martin Luther King Jr.'s selected speeches, and chronologies.

The Vietnam War

• The Wars for Vietnam, 1945 to 1975 (Vassar College) - This site includes an overview of the war as well as relevant primary source materials and documents.
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• Vietnam War Bibliography by Edwin E. Moise, Clemson University - This web site serves as a complete bibliography of all sources related to different facets of the Vietnam War.
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• Vietnam War Internet Links (Wellesley College) - This web site has an abundance of links to materials online and other web sites on the Vietnam War including the anti-war movement.
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• The Vietnam War Resource Guide - This web site has links in alphabetical order to other web resources on the Vietnam War.
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• Vietnam: Yesterday and Today - This web site exmines the Vietnam War from all perspectives, not only the American perspective and includes infomation on its aftermath.
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• Recalling the Vietnam War - This web site has the opinions and views of various academics, journalists and government officials on the Vietnam War.

The New Left and Youth Culture

• 1969 Woodstock Festival and Concert - This web site is entirely devoted to the '60s ultimate rock and roll festival, Woodstock.
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• The Sixties Project (University of Virginia) - This academic site includes a bibliography and primary source materials relating to the 1960s. Emphasis is on the social issues and culture of the decade.
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• The Whole World Was Watching: An Oral History of 1968 (Brown University) - This web site includes interviews from those who were involved in the events of 1968. As well there are reference materials including timelines and bibliographies on 1968.

Primary Sources on the Internet

President John F. Kennedy

• Selected Speeches John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy - This page has links to text as well as the audio files to President Kennedy's most important speeches.
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• News Conferences of President John F. Kennedy The texts of these news conferences were taken from the White House transcript of each conference rather than from The Public Papers of the Presidents.
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• John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon Presidential Debate - New York City, October 21, 1960. At the time it was believed that Kennedy won over the television audience however, did the same with the radio audience. (5:36) (audio file)
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• John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address - Washington D.C., January 20, 1961. Audio of speech (13:55)
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• John F. Kennedy - The Cuban Missile Crisis, White House, Washington D.C., October 22, 1962 (7:33) (audio file)

President Lyndon B. Johnson

• Selected Speeches of Lyndon Baines Johnson - This page from the Johnson Presidential Library site has print versions of some of Johnson's most notable speeches.
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• President Lyndon B. Johnson - On Signing of The Civil Rights Bill, Washington D.C., July 2, 1964 (3:36) (audio file)
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• President Lyndon B. Johnson - In an address to the nation on television, suprisingly announces in the final moments he will not seek re-election.  White House,Washington, D.C., March 31, 1968 (:35) (audio file)
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• President Lyndon B. Johnson on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - April 4, 1968 (:22) (audio file)

President Richard M. Nixon

• Gubnatorial Concession Speech - Richard M. Nixon, Concession Speech (Governor of California election) Nixon announces an end or long sabbatical to his political career, Los Angeles, California, November 7, 1962. (audio file)
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• Inaugural Address 1969 - An excerpt from Richard M. Nixon's Inaugural Address, Washington D.C., January 20, 1969 (2:15) (audio file)

The Civil Rights Movement

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Founding Statement - 1960.
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• I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King Jr., Address to Civil Rights Marchers, Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963 (16:14) (audio file)
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• Malcolm X Speaks: What He Said Archive - This page has links to audio files of some of Malcom X's speeches.
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• Malcolm X - On Black Power, New York City, March 8, 1964 (1:16) (audio file)

The New Left and Youth Culture

• The Port Huron Statement - Students for a Democratic Society- 1962.
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• Mayor Richard Daley - Press Conference in response to the Riots at The Democratic Convention, Chicago, Illinois, August 28, 1968 (:16) (audio file)
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• Jerry Rubin - Address to the Yippie Convention, Chicago, Illinois, August 28, 1968 (4:47) (audio file)