February 1964
"Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique is released as a paperback, with its first printing selling 1.4 million copies. Friedan’s book ushers in a transformative feminist movement as housewives across America come to identify with the 'problem that has no name' and acknowledge dissatisfaction with their domestic roles." -from the PBS Timeline of 1964
A Strange Stirring: the Feminine mystique and American women at the dawn of the 1960s by 
The Feminine Mystique by 
The Essential Feminist Reader by 
Moving the Mountain: the women's movement in America since 1960 by 
The World Split Open: how the modern women's movement changed America by 
Women's Rights: people and perspectives by 
The Sixties in America by 
The Accidental Feminist: how Elizabeth Taylor raised our consciousness and we were too distracted by her beauty to notice by 
Social Movements of the 1960's: searching for democracy by 
The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats: the Beat Generation and American culture by 
The Beats: a graphic history by 
The Beat Book by 
Silent Spring by 
Understanding Rachel Carson's Silent Spring by October 1, 1964
"Student activists at the University of California at Berkeley distribute information on racial discrimination at a row of tables set up at the corner of Bancroft and Telegraph Streets, a location which had traditionally been a place to share information about a variety of campus activities and events. Berkeley administrators tell the students they must keep all political activities off campus. Students see this as a violation of their First Amendment rights, and begin a protest that lasts for two days, involves thousands of students, and results in eight suspensions. One activist, Jack Weinberg, is held in police custody. Student demonstrations at Berkeley continue throughout the fall semester." --from the PBS Timeline of 1964
Subversives: the FBI's war on student radicals, and Reagan's rise to power by 
