Title
Introduction
About This Book
What You’re Not to Read
Conventions Used In This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used In This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I : Acting Presidential: Viewing the Decade from the Top
Chapter 1: The Times They Are A-Changin’
Surveying the Political Landscape
Viewing Issues in Black and White
Fighting the War in Vietnam — At Home and Abroad
Fighting for Equality
Living a New Way
Chapter 2: Enter JFK: A New Era
Inspiring America: Kennedy and the Power of Rhetoric
Exploring Camelot
Fighting in the Cold War
Detailing a Fateful Day in Dallas
Chapter 3: LBJ and the Great Society
Learning the Game: Early Service in the House and Senate
The Unexpected Promotion: The Death of JFK
The 1964 Presidential Race
Back to the Great Society and the War on Poverty
Guns or Butter? The Tragedy of Vietnam
Chapter 4: Richard Nixon: Cold War Warrior
Getting Started: Nixon’s Early Life
Taking Another Shot: The 1968 Race
Taking the Presidential Reins
Running for Reelection
Part II : Marching toward Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 5: Establishing a Firm Foundation
The Post–Civil War Era and Jim Crow
Demanding a Place in American Society
Enduring the Brutality of Racial Violence
Integrating the Schools
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
Chapter 6: Sitting, Riding, and Marching for Freedom
Preaching Nonviolence: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Opening the Lunch Counters: The Sit-In Movement
Making Alphabet Soup: CORE, SCLC, SNCC, and NAACP
Going on a Road Trip: Freedom Rides
Shaking the Nation: Turning Points in 1963
Heating It Up: Freedom Summer
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Chapter 7: Embracing Black Power
Marching from Selma to Montgomery
Winning the Voting Rights Act
Rioting in the Cities
Pressing for Economic Empowerment
Being Black and Proud
Fighting with the Black Panthers
Black Empowerment: The Legacy of the ’60s
Part III : Fighting for Peace: Vietnam and the Antiwar Movement
Chapter 8: Welcome to Vietnam
Enter America: The Last Chapter of the Long Vietnamese Struggle
Americanizing the War
Committing U.S. Troops: Shifting from Advisors to Combatants
The Tet Offensive of 1968
Chapter 9: Speaking Out against the War
The Diversity of Dissent
The Emerging Antiwar Movement
Turning Up the Heat
The Turning Point in 1968
Confrontation in Chicago
Winding Down the War
Chapter 10: Shifting the Burden: Leaving Vietnam
The Aftermath of Tet
Playing the Cold War Card
Taking Initial Steps Toward Vietnamization
Feeding the Protest Fires
Widening the War
Coming to a Head: The Easter Offensive
Clearing the Last Hurdles to Peace
Part IV : Starting a Revolution: Social Upheaval and Angst
Chapter 11: Leaning to the Left
Left Wing of the American Eagle: Liberal and Socialist Politics before the 1960s
Birthing the New Left
Fighting for Free Speech
Participating in Student Society
Chapter 12: I Am Woman: From the Frying Pan into the Fire
Exposing the Feminine Mystique
Looking to the Government with Mixed Results
Coming Together to Build a Movement
Getting Radical
Getting It On: The Power of the Pill
Facing a Backlash: Men and Women Fight Back
Leaving a Legacy
Chapter 13: Protesting for Equality and Pushing for Change
¡Sí, Se Puede! Cesar Chavez and Latino Activism
Leaving the Reservation
Opening the Closet Door
Preserving the Status Quo: The Conservatives
Part V : Tuning In, Turning On, and Dropping Out: Transforming American Culture
Chapter 14: Far Out: The Counterculture
Defying Convention: Alternate Lifestyles before the Hippies
Being In and Loving In
Flying with Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds: Drugs and the Counterculture
Flower Power: Haight-Ashbury and the Summer of Love
Blood on the Flowers: The Manson Murders
Chapter 15: A Long, Strange Trip: Music in the 1960s
This Ain’t Your ’50s Rock ’n’ Roll
The World before the Beatles
The British Invasion
Singing with the Revolution
Coming Together and Falling Apart: The Music Festivals
Chapter 16: Exploring Pop Culture
Stylin’ in the ’60s
Bringing Society to the Big Screen
A Hair-Raising Experience: The ’60s Make It to Broadway
Reflecting Life on the Small Screen
Poking Serious Fun: The New Comedians
Hitting the Books
Changing Perspective: Pop, Op, and Psychedelic Art
Playing the Game
Walking the Talk
Part VI : The Part of Tens
Chapter 17: Ten Years of Hit Songs
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
Chapter 18: Ten Movies to Take You Back in Time
Malcolm X
Ali
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Thirteen Days
The Green Berets
Hamburger Hill
Platoon
Good Morning, Vietnam
American Graffiti
The Graduate
Easy Rider
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music
Chapter 19: Ten Things You Could Get for $1
Three Gallons of Gas
20 First-Class Postage Stamps
A Hamburger with Fries, Salad, and Dessert
A Gallon of Milk (And Other Groceries)
Ten Razor Blades (And Other Toiletries)
Enough Aspirin for 50 Headaches (And Other Meds)
Numerous Copies of Your Favorite Magazine or Newspaper
A Paper Dress (For You, Not a Doll)
A Home Decoration or Two
A Six-Pack of Beer
Appendix: Taking a Trip through Time