"Takin' it to the streets": A Sixties Reader
"This is a must read for understanding this still contentious decade. Here the actors speak and write directly to the reader as they did in the heyday of peace and love and war."--Julian Bond, University of Virginia and Chairman of the NAACP"A rich and varied collection, perfect for today's students or for anyone wanting a hit of the past. The passion, the humor, the tragedy, the energy of the 1960s come alive through the words of the women and men who lived through these years. These documents makes clear why the 1960s are still fascinating and compelling for a new generation of Americans too young to remember them but eager to understand those turbulent times."--John D'Emilio, University of Illinois at Chicago"This volume is an invaluable resource for teaching and scholarship. Bloom and Breines cover all aspects of the 1960s--from the civil rights movement to the anti-war movement, from hippies and the counterculture to the splintering of the New Left, from the women's movement and gay liberation to the conservative backlash against the 1960s. These documents evoke the feelings and ideas of the era in all its complexity."-- Rebecca Klatch, University of California, San Diego