The sixties at 40 : leaders and activists remember and look forward / Ben Agger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agger, Ben.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protest movements--United States--History--20th century.

Protest movements.

Peace movements--United States--History--20th century.

Peace movements.

Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights.

Political activists--United States--History--20th century.

Political activists.

Nineteen sixties.

History.

United States--History--1961-1969.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.

Nineteen sixties--History.

Physical Description:

v, 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Sixties at forty

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, [2009]

Summary:

Based on recent interviews, this unique sixties book brings together the voices of the Left leaders who spawned the sixties movements. Many remain activists today. Experience and the passage of time allow them to transcend nostalgia to form more realistic perspectives on past, present, and future. They discuss the civil rights and antiwar movements, the political outcome of the sixties, patriotism, terror, and the future role of young people. Important gains were made during the sixties, but there were many setbacks that influence today's voters, leaders, candidates, and our day-to-day realities.

Contents:

Time it was: telling the sixties politically

Timeline of the sixties (which begin earlier)

Port Huron and the new left

Bringing the war home: weatherman and radical dissent

Love of country

Who won the sixties?

Black before white: from civil rights to black and brown power and the women's movement

We were young once: our children and the next left

My sixties at fiftysomething.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781594516917

159451691X

9781594516924

1594516928

OCLC:

280545376