US2: KENNEDY JOHNSON VIETNAM

JFK (JFK Presidential Library): https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History

1960 ELECTION: KENNEDY-NIXON DEBATES ON TV

CNN: The Day Politics and TV Changed Forever: https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/29/politics/jfk-nixon-debate/index.html

TIME Magazine: How the Nixon-Kennedy Debate Changed the World: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2021078,00.html

First Kennedy-Nixon debate, Sep. 26, 1960 ( appx. 1 hour ): https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/TNC/TNC-172/TNC-172

Second Kennedy-Nixon debate, Oct. 7, 1960 ( appx. 1 hour after two minutes of introduction): https://www.c-span.org/video/?33149-1/1960-presidential-candidates-debate

Third Kennedy-Nixon debate, Oct. 13, 1960 ( appx. 1 hour after two minutes of introduction): https://www.c-span.org/video/?33218-1/1960-presidential-candidates-debate

Fourth Kennedy-Nixon debate, Oct. 21, 1960 ( appx. 1 hour after one minute of introduction): https://www.c-span.org/video/?33219-1/1960-presidential-candidates-fourth-debate

FOREIGN POLICY

U.S. Department of State: Kennedy's Foreign Policy: https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/jfk-foreignpolicy

SPACE RACE

NBC News: Remembering the Sputnik 1 Launch ( 2-minute video ): https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/video/remembering-the-sputnik-1-launch-the-first-artificial-satellite-to-enter-earth-orbit-1062223427608

NASA: Sputnik and the Dawn of the Space Age: https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/

NASA: John F. Kennedy and NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/john-f-kennedy-and-nasa

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

Wilson Center Digital Archive: Cuban Missile Crisis ( huge collection of documents related to this historical event ): https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/collection/31/cuban-missile-crisis

BAY OF PIGS INVASION

Central Intelligence Agency: Bay of Pigs Invasion: https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/the-bay-of-pigs-invasion.html

JFK Library: Bay of Pigs: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-bay-of-pigs

ASSASSINATION

Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza: JFK Assassination ( Includes map and timeline. MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE: Oral-history videos of eyewitnesses to the assassination including ordinary citizens, police officers, Secret Service agents, and doctors from Parkland Hospital. There is also quite a collection of still photos and home movies taken by ordinary citizens as the motorcade proceeded through Dallas. ): https://www.jfk.org/the-assassination/jfk-assassination-timeline/

CSPAN: Interview with Richard Stolley of LIFE Magazine about the Zapruder film which captured Kennedy's assassination ( 10-minute video ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAEHdy70-fM

LBJ Presidential Library: http://www.lbjlibrary.org/

Landmark Laws of the LBJ Administration: http://www.lbjlibrary.org/lyndon-baines-johnson/lbj-biography/landmark

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

Library of Congress: The Civil Rights Act of 1964: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/civil-rights-act-of-1964.html

ELECTION OF 1964

U.S. News and World Report: Lyndon Johnson and the Election of 1964 ( 9th of a ten-part series entitled The Most Consequential Elections in History ): https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2008/09/17/the-most-consequential-elections-in-history-lyndon-johnson-and-the-election-of-1964

THE GREAT SOCIETY

PBS: Portion of an American Experience episode: LBJ and the Great Society ( 5-minute video): https://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pres10.socst.ush.now.greatsociety/lbj-and-the-great-society/

LBJ Presidential Library: The Great Society ( 5-minute video): http://www.lbjlibrary.org/press/the-great-society-video

VIETNAM WAR

U.S. Department of State: Dien Bien Phu & The Fall of French Indochina, 1954: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/dien-bien-phu

U.S. Department of State: U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War: The Gulf of Tonkin and Escalation, 1964: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/gulf-of-tonkin

U.S. Army Center of Military History: The Vietnam War: 50th Anniversary Commemoration: https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/vietnam/part01/ch01/index.html

VVMF: Battle of Ia Drang Valley ( Includes 3 oral history videos of Veterans ): https://www.vvmf.org/topics/Ia-Drang/

PBS: The Siege at Khe Sanh ( Click where indicated. Requires Flash. ): https://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/khe/index.html

PBS: Vietnam: Drawn Down - Hamburger Hill ( 7-minute video of two veterans telling the story of the battle ): https://www.pbs.org/video/wisconsin-war-stories-vietnam-draw-down-hamburger-hill/

U.S. Department of State: U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive, 1968: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/tet

U.S. Army Center of Military History: U.S. Army in Vietnam ( 10-chapter book with each chapter available for PDF download ): https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/collect/usavn.html

Vietnam Conflict (LBJ Presidential Library): http://www.lbjlibrary.org/exhibits/the-vietnam-conflict

Battlefield Vietnam: A Brief History: http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/history/

Life Photo Archive: Vietnam War: https://www.google.com/search?q=Vietnam+War+source:life&tbm=isch

PENTAGON PAPERS

Newsweek: What are the Pentagon Papers? https://www.newsweek.com/what-pentagon-papers-post-759267

National Archives: Pentagon Papers ( complete and unredacted ): https://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers

ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT

teenVOGUE: 6 Legendary Vietnam-Era Anti-War Movement Protests Everyone Should Know: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/legendary-vietnam-era-anti-war-movement-protests

TIME Magazine: Behind the Anti-War Protests That Swept America in 1968: https://time.com/5106608/protest-1968/

U.S. Army: Nixon Doctrine and Vietnamization: https://www.army.mil/article/3867/nixon_doctrine_and_vietnamization

VIETNAMIZATION

KENT STATE SHOOTINGS

Kent State University: The May 4 Shootings at Kent State University: The Search For Historical Accuracy: https://www.kent.edu/may-4-historical-accuracy

PARIS PEACE ACCORDS

American Experience: Paris Peace Talks and the Release of POWs: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/honor-paris-peace-talks-and-release-pows/

U.S. Department of State: Ending the Vietnam War, 1969-1973: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/ending-vietnam

WARREN COURT

PBS: How the Warren Court Helped Create the United States We Know Today ( 8 1/2-minute video ): https://www.pbs.org/video/how-warren-court-helped-create-us-we-know-today-qxcwq5/

WARREN COURT: INDIVIDUAL CASES

NOTE: Most videos found online about the Warren Court are very long because the Court made many significant decisions from 1953 to 1969. The following short videos each address one famous case. Not every significant case is covered by these few videos. They just happen to be available online while we are all working from home and are intended to give you an idea of the issues addressed by the Court and its decisions regarding these issues.

Voice of America: Loving v. Virginia ( 2 minutes ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo9uEjnmDxA

Voice of America: Miranda v. Arizona ( 2 minutes ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZOGd4sSW0s

Voice of America: New York Times Co. v. Sullivan ( 2 minutes ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yiy6BGuADc

IOWA PBS: Tinker v. Des Moines ( Many videos of varying lengths including interviews with John and Mary Beth Tinker on the 50th anniversary of the decision. ): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvrLtntb03x9dIPV1HJtW-y8G7MwL1-Rv

CBS This Morning Saturday: 50th Anniversary of the Gideon v. Wainwright Decision ( 6 minutes ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrcTqx3t8Gg

FLETC: Katz v. United States ( 6 minutes ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS79Qz4TmV4

FLETC: Terry v. Ohio ( 6 minutes ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVDy0EZFv3s

REFORM MOVEMENTS

National Organization for Women: Equal Rights Amendment Timeline: https://now.org/resource/chronology-of-the-equal-rights-amendment-1923-1996/

U.S. News and World Report: A Timeline of Women's Rights from 1769 to the 2017 Women's March on Washington: https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2017-01-20/timeline-the-womens-rights-movement-in-the-us

American Experience: Milestones in the Gay Rights Movement: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-milestones-american-gay-rights-movement/

Brown University: Chicano Movement: https://www.brown.edu/Research/Coachella/chicano.html

University of Houston: Digital History: The Native American Power Movement: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3348

University of Houston: Digital History: Ralph Nader and the Consumer Movement: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3351

American Experience: The Modern Environmental Movement: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earth-days-modern-environmental-movement/

COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT

University of Georgia: Counterculture Movement: https://digilab.libs.uga.edu/exhibits/exhibits/show/civil-rights-digital-history-p/counterculture

National Park Service: Woodstock Music Festival Site: https://www.nps.gov/places/woodstock-music-festival-site.htm

Richard Nixon Presidential Library: https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/

University of Houston: Nixon and Vietnam: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3464

DETENTE

U.S. Department of State: Detente and Arms Control, 1969-1979: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/detente

REALPOLITIK

BBC: Henry Kissinger ( includes reference to "Realpolitik" ): http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/kissinger_henry.shtml

WATERGATE

CNN: Watergate Fast Facts ( includes timeline of events ): https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/23/us/watergate-fast-facts/index.html

"SILENT MAJORITY"

CSPAN: President Nixon's "Silent Majority" Speech on Vietnam War ( Nov. 3, 1969: 33-minute video ): https://www.c-span.org/video/?153819-1/president-nixons-silent-majority-speech-vietnam-war