Hillcrest High School Library

Pathfinder

Important Events of the 1960's

Activity: How can we use the Internet to find information about an important person or an important event in the 1960's?

 

Step 1      Here are some Internet websites that may help you learn about this decade:

               American Cultural History - 1960 - 1969               

               Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott On the 1st of December 1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks, an African-American seamstress, was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for not standing and letting a white bus rider take her seat.

               Freedom Riders

               Little Rock High School

               This Far by Faith . 1946-1966: from CIVIL RIGHTS to BLACK POWER | PBS  – Black Arts Movement

               The Sixties | PBS

               Vietnam Battlefield - Brief history and timeline

               The Psycheldelic 60's

               The Girl Groups  60’s girl groups

               Kresge Art Museum | Blast from the Past - Art of the 1960s 

 

               This Far by Faith . 1946-1966: from CIVIL RIGHTS to BLACK POWER | PBS  – Black Arts Movement

 

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