Reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews explore significant events of the Vietnam War era including the anti-war movement, the policies of Lyndon Johnson, the fall of Saigon, and the social and political impact.
Traces the events of the 1960s, from the Vietnam War to the struggle for racial equality to the birth of the counter-culture explosion. Looks at how this decade of change transformed the United States. Includes interviews with prominent figures of the era, including: Barbara Ehrenreich, Tom Hayden, Henry Kissinger, Normal Mailer, Robert McNamara, Bobby Seale, and others.
Uses reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews with historians to examine significant events in the history of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, discussing the actions of President Lyndon Johnson, the Tet Offensive, the anti-war movement, the "domino theory," and other topics.
Before she became the legendary Mama Cass---one quarter of the mega-huge folk group The Mamas and the Papas---Cass Eliot was a girl from Baltimore trying to make it in the big city.
Chronicles the decade with photographs and accompanying text on John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Woodstock, Vietnam, Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Jimi Hendrix.
In 1968, eleven-year-old Julia and her Aunt Constance are forced to sell their family home, Windy Ridge, in New York's Hudson Valley and embark on a cross-country automobile trip in search of Julia's mother, bringing only three travel trunks and some "practical travel things.".
A comprehensive look at America in the 1960's that presents thirty profiles of individuals and families--their life at home, on the job, and in their neighborhood--and includes photographs and historical images and covers economic and social conditions.
1960's activist Tom Hayden, examines the anti-war and peace movements of that era, their legacies, and how it actually paved the way toward the election of Barack Obama in 2008.
