Lessons of the Sixties
A History of Local Washington, DC Activism for Peace and Justice from 1960-1975
Check out other web links of interest
Articles and books:
Contradictions in the Cause: Glen Echo Maryland 1960, by Daniel Hardin, Washington Area Spark
Crazy Dion Diamond: A 1960s Rights Warrior in the Suburbs, Washington Area Spark
End of the Roads: In the Interstate Era, Congress ruled Washington like a fiefdom. Then a fight over some freeways inspired a biracial, neighborhood-level movement to fight the federal power.
Bob Levey; Jane Freundel Levey; Washington Post Magazine, Sunday, November 26, 2000.
Quicksilver Times: a study in the infiltration and manipulation of alternative media - excerpt from Angus Mackenzie's Secrets: The CIA's War At Home
Secrets: The CIA's War at Home, by Angus Mackenzie - book excerpts
NIH-NIMH Vietnam Moratorium Committee Reunites for Posterity
Washington Free Press Battles Suppression 1969-70, by Craig Simpson, Washington Area Spark
Washington area sites:
Freedom Movement in Washington DC: 1960-61 - based on actions of the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG)
Institute for Policy Studies - a community of public scholars and organizers linking peace, justice, and the environment in the U.S. and globally
Mapping Segregation in Washington, D.C. - a public history project documenting the historic segregation of DC’s housing, schools, playgrounds, and other public spaces
Rainbow History Project Digital Collections - to collect, preserve, and promote an active knowledge of the history, arts, and culture relevant to sexually diverse communities in metropolitan Washington DC
Washington Area Spark - struggles from the past for today
Beyond Washington, D.C.:
Civil Rights Movement Veterans
Los Angeles Activist Video Archive
Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project