Main Links Page for HUM399 "1968"
The Whole World Was Watching: An oral history of 1968. An important site for research and for exploring ideas and strategies for the final project. Includes links to related articles and reference materials and a timeline of the events of that year with additional links.
A 1968 Interactive Timeline. From The American Experience, this calendar of 1968 events includes clips of important speeches and soundbites of the year and links to related sites. Color coded for your enjoyment.
Wikipedia Entry on 1968: An interesting site that includes a very complete timeline with explanatory historical links, as well as links on the importance of that year in different topics (art, architecture, film, music, literature, etc.)
Who won the Super Bowl in 1968? and other general information and trivia, from sports to science. From Infoplease.com.
The 60s Project: A site with EXTENSIVE information and links about the 60s. Historical events, interviews, photographs, articles, first person narratives, etc.
Television clips from 1968: We watched some of these in class. News clips and ads from CBS news, some on the assassination of Martin Luther King, some on the 1968 Democratic Convention. Includes Sony Bono, Paul Newman, Shirley McLaine, and others.
Week One: The 50s and the preludes to the 60s:
- The Korean War (1950-1953): http://www.kimsoft.com/kr-war.htm
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The 1950s : An excellent page on topics associated with that decade: http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html
- Very complete page on historical and cultural events: http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html
- A page on music censorship in the 50s: http://ericnuzum.com/banned/incidents/50s.html
- Jackson Pollock on art in the 50s: http://nga.gov/feature/pollock/process4.shtm
- Cigarette Ads from the 50s: http://www.chickenhead.com/truth/1950s.html
For additional class-related links, click on the following topics: