Home > Research Guides > The 1960s

Librarian: Christine Kickels
Office: SRC 3050
Phone: (630) 942-2313
E-mail: kickels@cod.edu

Internet sites

The culture of the ‘60s has found a home on the Web. Here are a few suggested websites. You will find many others. Before deciding to use one for your research, make sure you check the site’s credibility. Try searching the Librarian’s Internet Index or the University of Wisconsin’s Internet Scout Project.

Greensboro Sit-ins: Launch of a Civil Rights movement

http://www.sitins.com/index.shtml

A multimedia retrospective of the student sit-ins at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. Sponsored by the Greensboro News Record newspaper.

Kodak: Powerful Days in Black and White

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml

The Kodak Corporation presents this website which features the civil rights documentary photography of Charles Moore.

1968 Revisited

http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/collections/exhibits/arch/Homepg/Index.html

Presented by the New York University Archives. This website looks at NYU as a center of student radicalism. Includes a timeline of events that actually spans from 1965 to 1971, with an entry for each year.

The Psychedelic ‘60s

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/sixties/

Focuses on social revolution and literary change during the era. Featuring artifacts from the Special Collections Department of the Alderman Library, University of Virginia.

The Sixties Project

http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/sixties/

This online repository of ‘60s culture is hosted by the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and includes content from scholars across the country. Includes personal narratives, book and film reviews, humor and satire. Features strong Vietnam content.

The Sixties: PBS

http://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/

The companion website to the PBS television program, The Sixties: The Years that Shaped a Generation. Contains links to resources inside and outside PBS.

A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law

http://americanhistory.si.edu/lisalaw/

Lisa Law documented in black and white photographs the cultural revolution of the ‘60s. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History presents this retrospective of her photos and commentary.

Voices from the Underground: Radical Protest and the Underground Press in the “Sixties”

http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/exhibits/voices/

An exhibit of the University of Connecticut Libraries special collection of underground press publications. Primarily cover images of publications with descriptive commentary.

Print · Send

• Page
• View source
• History

• Log in