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Primary Source Documents · 1960–1974

The Sixties

Civil rights, Vietnam, and the upheavals of the 1960s and early ’70s.

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1961John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Inaugural Address› 1961John Fitzgerald Kennedy Address On The Vienna Summitt› 1962President Kennedy's Address On The Cuban Missile Crisis› 1962President JFK's Address On The End of the Cuban Missile Crisis› 1962President Kennedy's Attack On The Steel Companies› 1962Baker vs. Carr› 1963John F. Kennedy's Address On The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty› 1963Lyndon Johnson On The Kennedy Assassination› 1965Lydon B. Johnson's Presidential Inaugural Address› 1965Lyndon Johnson's Statement On The Watts Riots› 1965Johnson's Statement On The Crisis In The Dominican Republic› 1966Escobedo vs. Illinois› 1966Miranda vs. Arizona› 1968Lyndon Johnson's Address On North Korea (Pueblo)› 1968Lyndon Johnson's Address On Vietnam› 1968Lyndon Johnson's Address In Memory of Dr. M.L. King, Jr.› 1969Richard M. Nixon's Presidential Inaugural Address› 1971New York Times vs. United States (The Pentagon Papers)› 1971Lemon vs. Kurtzman› 1971Richard M. Nixon's Second Presidential Inaugural Address›

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