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The 1960s from Washington D.C. & the Government Printing Office/GPO

Posted on October 17th, 2014

Look, Listen & Learn! In the document linked below you’ll find dozens of primary sources on social issues organized by topic.

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Look at paintings created in the 1960s by influential artist Leon Golub*.

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Listen to protest music: The turbulent 60s inspired great music.
Songs like “Get Up, Stand Up! Stand up for your rights!”
“Redemption Song”
“War, What Is It Good For?”
“Mercy, Mercy Me”
“What the World Needs Now, is Love”
“Inner City Blues”
performed by Bob Marley, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, Jackie DeShannon, and many others inspired countless socially minded people to take political action for their beliefs. The many social “causes” prevalent in the 1960s brought about “effects” in the form of these songs, some of the most inspiring music ever written in our culture.

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Learn about some of the divisive issues of the decade–straight from the nation’s printing office! Over 120 titles are  on display in the Booth Reference Department, coinciding with the Library’s: Revolutionary Decade: Reflections on the 1960s.”

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A sampling of some of the documents available…

Report on Racial Imbalance in the Boston Public Schools Document CR 1.2:SCH 6/10

The Official Warren Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy Document E 842.9 .A55 1964x

President L. B. Johnson’s We Will Stand in Viet-Nam Document S 1.38:137

Cambodia in Perspective, Vietnamization Assured by President R. M. Nixon Document S 1.38:191

A 1968-1972 Epidemiological Study of High School Football Injuries in North Carolina Document Y 3 .C 76/3:2 H 53

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60s official GovsDocs, pages 1-5

Welfare Policy and Its Consequences for the Recipient Population Document HE 17.2:W 45

The Committee on Commerce’s Reviewing Progress made toward the Development and Marketing of a Less Hazardous Cigarette Document Y 4 .C 73/2:90-52

Special investigations and government operations on Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Document Y 4 .G 74/6:C 86/

Un-American activities are detailed in: Communist Activities in the Chicago, Illinois Area Document Y 4 .UN 1/2:C 73/46/965/ parts 1-2 and Subversive Influences in Riots, Looting, and Burning Document Y 4 .UN 1/2:R 47/ pt.3-6

*Artist Leon Golub’s work was identified and copied from google.com searches for copyright free images.

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