Newspaper Articles about the 1960s

Feb. 1, 1960: Lunch Counter “Sit-in” Galvanizes Civil Rights Movement
Sept. 26, 1960: Kennedy v. Nixon Televised Debate Forever Changes Politics
Sept. 26, 1960: Editorials on “Historic” Televised Nixon-Kennedy Debate
Jan. 17, 1961: President Eisenhower Warns of “Military-Industrial Complex”
Jan. 20, 1961: John F. Kennedy Inaugurated: Nation’s Youngest Elected President
Jan. 20, 1961: Newspaper Editorials Discuss Kennedy’s Inauguration
May 14, 1961: KKK Mob Ambushes Buses, Beats Freedom Riders
Feb. 20, 1962: John Glenn, U.S. Hero: First American to Orbit the Earth
June 11, 1962: A Mystery: Did Three Cons Escape Alcatraz Prison?
Oct. 22, 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy Declares Blockade
Feb. 19, 1963: Betty Friedan "Explodes" Feminine Stereotypes
May 3, 1963: Birmingham Police Violently Stop Protesting Schoolchildren
Sept. 15, 1963: Anguished Cry: “Oh Jesus, They Bombed Our Church”
Nov. 22, 1963: Eyewitness Accounts of President Kennedy’s Assassination
Nov. 24, 1963: President Kennedy’s Assassin Oswald Murdered on Live Television
Nov. 24, 1963: Eyewitness Account of the Murder of Kennedy's Assassin Oswald
Feb. 9, 1964: Beatlemania Comes to America!
March 13, 1964: An Infamous Murder Case Still Shrouded in Confusion
March 26, 1964: Malcolm X: Eerie Premonitions of His Own Death
July 2, 1964: President Lyndon Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act of 1964
Aug. 2, 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Incident: Clash of U.S. and North Vietnamese Ships
Aug. 4, 1964: President Johnson Orders Air Strikes against North Vietnam
Aug. 7, 1964: Congress Authorizes President Johnson to Use Force in Vietnam
Sept. 27, 1964: Warren Commission Says Kennedy’s Assassin Oswald Acted Alone
Dec. 3, 1964: Mass Arrests during U.C. Berkeley Free Speech Protest
Dec. 14, 1964: Supreme Court Ruling Upholds 1964 Civil Rights Act
Feb. 21, 1965: Malcolm X Assassinated
Feb. 21, 1965: Malcolm X: Some Details about His Life
March 7, 1965: Alabama Police Attack Civil Rights Marchers on “Bloody Sunday”
March 21, 1965: Martin Luther King Jr. Leads Montgomery Civil Rights March
March 21, 1965: More Newspaper Coverage of Selma-to-Montgomery March
Aug. 11, 1965: Watts Riots: 6-Day Rampage in Black Area of L.A.
Aug. 12, 1965: Black Reporter’s Eyewitness Account of Watts Riots
Aug. 14, 1965: Newspaper Editorializes about the “Injury of Innocents” in the Watts Riots
Sept. 8, 1966: Star Trek Debut Changes TV—and Popular Culture
Jan. 14, 1967: “Human Be-In” at S.F.’s Golden Gate Park
Jan. 15, 1967: A U.S. Phenomenon Is Born: The First Super Bowl
Feb. 10, 1967: 25th Amendment Ratified: Presidential Succession
May 22, 1967: “Harlem Renaissance” Author Langston Hughes Dies
June 12, 1967: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Interracial Marriage
June 13, 1967: Thurgood Marshall Nominated: First Black Supreme Court Justice
Jan. 31, 1968: The Tet Offensive: America’s Wake-up Call in the Vietnam War
Jan. 31, 1968: Tet Offensive Catches Americans and S. Vietnamese Off-Guard
Feb. 8, 1968: Orangeburg Massacre: Police Kill Three Black Students in S.C.
March 16, 1968: My Lai Massacre: A Vietnam War Tragedy
March 31, 1968: President Johnson Stuns Nation: Will Not Seek Re-election
April 4, 1968: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Assassinated
April 4, 1968: Contrasting Views of Dr. King’s Legacy
June 5, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy Shot after Victory Speech
June 5-6, 1968: Nation Mourns Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Dec. 21, 1968: Apollo 8: The First Manned Mission to the Moon
March 28, 1969: Ex-President and General Dwight D. Eisenhower Dies
June 22, 1969: Strange but True: Cuyahoga River Catches Fire!
June 28, 1969: Stonewall Riots Spark Gay Rights Movement
July 18, 1969: Senator Edward Kennedy Charged in Fatal Accident
July 20, 1969: Apollo 11’s Moon Landing: “One Giant Leap for Mankind”
Dec. 6, 1969: Altamont Concert: 1960s End with Bloodshed and Murder