Prescott Library: 1960's US History: Government

The Election of 1968

Chicago 1968 [videorecording] by written & directed by Chana Gazit
Call Number: AV 977.311 Chi
Publication Date: 1996
NOTE: This is in VHS format.
Explores the chaotic atmosphere of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, its disruption by anti-Vietnam War protests, and the violent clashes outside the Convention itself, on the streets of Chicago.
Nixonland: the rise of a president and the fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein
Call Number: 973.924 Per
Publication Date: 2009
Discusses the Nixon era of American history, and includes the presidency of Richard Nixon during which the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the Watergate scandal occurred.

Richard Nixon: Campaigns and Elections
Read this summary of Nixon's race to the White House from scholars at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.

1968 by Michael T. Kaufman; Michael Kaufman
Call Number: 909.82 Kau
Publication Date: 2009
Text and black-and-white photographs highlight significant events that occurred around the world in 1968, such as the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the student revolt at Columbia University, the Soviet occupation of Prague, and the Democratic convention in Chicago.
1968 in America: music, politics, chaos, counterculture, and the shaping of a generation by Charles Kaiser
Call Number: 973.923 Kai
Publication Date: 1997
Profiles the social, political, and cultural events that took place in the United States in 1968.
Richard Nixon: rise and fall of a president by Rebecca Larsen
Call Number: 973.924 Nixon
Publication Date: 1991
Traces the life and political career of the thirty-seventh president.

JStor
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The Chicago Seven
Resources on "the 1969-70 trial of seven radicals accused of conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago."

President Johnson and "The War on Poverty"

March 16, 1964

"President Johnson submits a plan for his “War on Poverty” initiatives to Congress. The proposal helps establish federal programs still in use today, including food stamps, Head Start, Medicare and Medicaid." --from the PBS Timeline for 1964

The Great Society, Cabinet Meeting, 1964
From PBS comes this primary resource where LBJ identifies a seven-part legislative program for his cabinet and federal government agencies.
The Great Society, U. Michigan, 1964
From PBS comes this primary resource where Johnson describes his domestic agenda and vision for a better America. May 22, 1964

African American Studies Center
Search this great resource for "War on Poverty" and you'll find many resources. Check especially the subject entries.

"The online authority on the African American Experience" from Oxford UP.

The Passage of Power: The years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro
Call Number: 973.923 Johnson
Publication Date: 2012
Look in the index for "War on Poverty" to find relevant sections in this book.
The fourth volume of Robert A. Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson, which chronicles his career time from 1958 to 1964, covers his Vice Presidency and Presidency after John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Exploring the Johnson Years by Robert A. Divine (Editor)
Call Number: 973.923 Exp
Publication Date: 1981
Provides an introduction to the Johnson administration and to the documents in the LBJ Library.

Johnson's War on Poverty
Bonus video from the PBS program on LBJ that discusses Johnson's plan.
Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty
Forty years ago today in his first State of the Union speech, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a "War On Poverty." Johnson's declaration came just weeks after succeeding to the White House upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Listen to NPR's report from 2004.

History Reference Center
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Search here for explanation and analysis of Johnson's Great Society and the War on Poverty.

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JStor
JSTOR is a not-for-profit, journal storage service created to help libraries and publishers access academic articles and documents from the past.

It provides full-text and images of over 150 scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines.

For home access, contact the library staff.

Encyclopedia of American Social History by Mary K. Cayton (Editor); Elliott J. Gorn (Editor); Peter W. Williams (Editor)
Call Number: REF 973 Enc
Publication Date: 1993
Contains 180 essays arranged in fourteen thematic sectionsthat examine the processes and people of the American socialstructure.