Richard Nixon 1968 Campaign Ads - YouTube
Nine minutes of Nixon-Agnew television commercials from 1968
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[Article] The Paranoid Style in American Politics, By Richard Hofstadter | Harper's Magazine
Written in the 60s, this article says much about the politics of 2020
who have now demonstrated in the Goldwater movement how much political leverage can be got out of the animosities and passions of a small minority
I call it the paranoid style simply because no other word adequately evokes the sense of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind.
One, <em>Foreign Conspiracies against the Liberties of the United States</em>, was from the hand of the celebrated painter and inventor of the telegraph, S.F.B. Morse. “A conspiracy exists,” Morse proclaimed , and “its plans are already in operation . . . we are attacked in a vulnerable quarter which cannot be defended by our ships, our forts, or our armies
Remembering the original Woodstock, 1969 - Rare Historical Photos
George Wallace on Face the Nation, Jul 21, 1968 - YouTube
At about 10 minutes into this video, George Wallace talks about how he would deal with riots in July of 1968. It takes less than a minute of his response to give students a better sense of just how divided the country was at that time. Listen further to hear his explain how they just "put some water on people" in Birmingham
The Day the White Working Class Turned Republican - The New York Times
Patrick Buchanan, then a Nixon aide, said of blue-collar Americans in a memo to the boss, “These, quite candidly, are our people now.”
Richard Nixon discusses homosexuality - YouTube
Richard Nixon, John Haldemen and John Ehrlichman are discussing the television show "All in the Family" (without knowing its title) and making disparaging comments about homosexuality.
Independent Voices
ese periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
John F Kennedy's Report Cards | JFK Library
Showing students primary sources as commonplace as the report cards of historical figures may help them see people of the past as people, not as historical figures
UFO (1969) Restored opening titles. - YouTube
Three minutes video shows what 1969 through 1980 would look like
Confessions of a Republican (LBJ 1964 Presidential campaign commercial) MP1009 (1280x720) - YouTube
Four minute campaign ad from the 1964 Election that could be compared with the election of 2016 and 2020
HUAC Hearing at San Francisco City Hall (1960) - Bay Area Television Archive
Although Joseph Welch's "Have you no decency" is most often used by teachers in Red Scare lessons, the protest against HUAC hearings in San Francisco in 1960 might have a different impression. This raw footage is from a Bay Area television station
American Rhetoric: Ronald Reagan -- A Time for Choosing
One of the most effective advertisements of the 1964 Goldwater campaign was also a major step in Ronald Reagan's political career
Admittedly, there's a risk in any course we follow
other than this, but every lesson of history tells us that the greater risk lies in
appeasement, and this is the specter our well-meaning liberal friends refuse to face
-- that
their policy of accommodation is appeasement, and it gives no choice between peace and
war, only between fight or surrender.
Notice how is defines the ground of the argument by telling the audience what the other side thinks
We'll
preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we'll sentence
them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.
The May 4 Shootings at Kent State University: The Search for Historical Accuracy | Kent State University
Great example of a University dealing with its past and a way for teachers to have students read an article that speaks about what happened as much as it speaks about how what happened has been explained
but no single book can be considered the definitive account of the events and aftermath of May 4, l970, at Kent State University.(1)
United States history book by Mary Beth Norton et al. (1994),
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"Choice" [1964 Barry Goldwater Campaign Film] - YouTube
Students only need a few minutes of this 28 minute campaign film to show what Goldwater Republicans were using to persuade Americans that they were at risk
Slouching Towards Bethlehem | The Saturday Evening Post - the other side of the Summer of Love
The narrative myth canon emphasizes the joy and celebration of the Summer of Love. Here is a primary source document that shows the dark underbelly of the counter-culture revolution. This is the Altamont to the hippie's Woodstock
Reading: Craig & Joan: Two Lives for Peace | J. Tonzelli
New Jersey teachers looking for a hometown connection to the anti-vietnam war movement can find it here. In October of 1969, two NJ teenagers commited suicide in protest of the Vietnam War. Their stories are not anywhere found in the narrative canon, but their very real experience of the Vietnam Era might teach students much about the time.
Summation of George Latimer for the Defense of William Calley
Edits or excerpts from this argument could easily be combined with documents related to Sherman's March and the fire-bombing of Dresden for an exploration of the "laws" of war
"Winter Soldier" 1972 {Vietnam War hearings with no B.S.} - YouTube
1.5 hours of Vietnam Veterans against the War talking about their experience in Vietnam. Primary source raw material
No LBJ didn't say that about Conkrite - : Recalling the mythical 'Cronkite Moment' –
Like many of the famous quotes presented to students as part of history, the ""If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America." quote attributed to Lyndon Johnson has no corroboration and no proof, at least according to this author. We could just say that this is his opinion - but where is the proof? Where is the document? What is the name of the person who reported that he did say it?
"Gay Rights Minority Report; Democratic National Convention; Intro & Fo" by Madeline Davis
Though gay rights were not formally included in the Democratic Platform in 1972, an "openly gay" man and lesbian woman were allowed to address the DNC at all was a milestone in the consolidation of gay political power." –
H. R. Haldeman Diaries | Richard Nixon Museum and Library
"seven handwritten diaries, 36 dictated diaries recorded as sound recordings, and two handwritten audio cassette tape subject logs. The diaries and logs reflect H. R. Haldeman's candid personal record and reflections on events, issues, and people encountered during his service in the Nixon White House. As administrative assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, Haldeman attended and participated in public events and private meetings covering the entire scope of issues in which the Nixon White House engaged in during the year 1969–1973"
‘We’re Going to Publish’: An Oral History of the Pentagon Papers - The New York Times
Amazing 1960s Predictions About Satellites, Email, and the Internet — Paleofuture
Although people have a lot of fun with the predictions of the past that went wrong, it is astonishing to see how some predictions were right on the money. The February 17, 1962 issue of the Sunday comic strip Our New Age (in this case, from the Chicago Daily News) envisioned the fantastic advancements that the introduction of satellites would allow. Everything from the decline of "old fashioned mail" to the rise of video-conferencing from home was predicted by Athelstan Spilhaus, dean of the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology and author of the comic strip.
May 4 Visitors Center | Kent State University
Exploring how the past is remembered is just as important as the past
The Hard Hat Riots, May 8, 1970 — NYC Department of Records & Information Services
Lots of raw footage of the "Hard Hat Riot" and the other protests in Manhattan in May 1970
May 9,1970: Nationwide Student Strike Video - ABC News
Raw footage of the protest in Washington a week after the Kent State Shootings. And a very young Peter Jennings. Dr. Richard Spock appears as well - and active voice in the anti-war movement that only holds a place in the taught narrative canon of the 1950s
Book: The Real Majority : Scammon, Richard M.
The authors of this book argued that while the Democratic Party "owned" "the Economic Issue" (a broad category encompassing such issues as Social Security and employment), the Republicans likewise "owned" "the Social Issue" (crime, drugs, and morality).They argued that whichever party could exploit their own strengths, and neutralize their opponent's, would prevail. Anyone looking to understand the division of public opinion in the US of the 2020s can look to this as evidence of when it started to divide, and the composition of each side
A Rare Look At A High School Class in 1968 Raw footage video- Lane High School Charlottesville
This is eight minutes of students from two different high schools talking about Vietnam. It is evidence that supports the division of opinion the over Vietnam War was more class oriented than age oriented
The textbook wars of Kanawha County – Cranbrook Daily Townsman
One addressed a large crowd and actually urged them to ask God to kill the members of the school board.
Kevin M. Kruse on Twitter: "I'd really rather stop talking about this, but the video at this link has nearly 10 million views now, so ... buckle up. https://t.co/SADJsUu45f" / Twitter
THis is a take-down thread of a Pragur U video focusing on the growth of the Republican party in the south