Introduction : Seeds of the 1960s protest movement -- Raised voices : The Berkley free speech movement -- Flowers in their hair : Voices of the hippie movement -- Hell no, we won't go : Protesting the Vietnam War -- We shall overcome : Protesting racial discrimination -- I am a woman : Protesting gender discrimination -- Embracing differences : Protesting GLBT discrimination -- A voice from the past, demanding to be heard : The Native American -- The fight in the fields : Latino protests of the era
Summary
There is no better way to understand the 1960s than to read key speeches and texts from the decade, experiencing firsthand writings that capture a signature sense of passion and conviction. That is exactly the approach taken by this book as it analyzes major protest movements of the era, including the Vietnam War protests, the Civil Rights Movement, Women's Lib, the hippie movement, and the nascent GLBQT movement
