Presents biographical profiles of twenty-six significant activists, politicians, authors, musicians, artists, and other figures of the 1960s, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Barry Goldwater, Timothy Leary, Bob Dylan, and Andy Warhol.
Collects twenty primary sources from 1960s America that provide firsthand perspectives on the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the antiwar movement, feminism, radical groups such as the Yippies, and the power of television, and includes a time line and a glossary.
Presents study tools on American politics, culture, and daily life during the 1960s, including articles on such aspects as the Vietnam War, the policies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and arts and entertainment; twenty-six biographical profiles; twenty primary sources; a time line; and a glossary.
