[...]... period Instead of the towering figures of Kings and Kennedys standing alone, we now also see an army of anonymous women and men Instead of famous orations made to multitudes, we now also see the planning and work that preceded the triumphant speeches Instead of a series of well-publicized marches and protests, we now also see long organizing campaigns and brave and lonely soldiers often working in near solitude... and still trying to decide whether it had a positive or negative impact on contemporary American life It is the intention of this collection to look back at the 1960s and to understand the issues of the day on their own terms, as well as to think about their 8 Long Time Gone meanings for today The aim is to dispel the myths and to try to construct both an accurate vision of the past and an understanding... action against segregated facilities and voter registration projects in Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, Louisiana, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi It had built two independent political parties and organized labor unions and agricultural cooperatives It had helped to expand the limits of debate within black America and refocused the civil rights movement... George McGovern in 1972 or the Watergate scandals of 1973 and 1974 as the end Still others cite the American withdrawal from Vietnam and the defeat of South Vietnam in 1975 as bringing down the final curtain on the era As with dating the beginning of the sixties, ” locating its conclusion is speculative and ultimately unnecessary Americans know the era has ended and yet feel as though we are living in... we now see a long and unceasing history of aggressive challenges to white supremacy that began as long ago as slavery time And instead of a movement that ended in 1968 with the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., we now see a continuous movement stretching from the ancient past until this moment, with different forms and personalities, in many places and locales, with differing methods and techniques,... slave-born grandfather viewed the century before him with hope The Movement We Helped to Make 21 The false partitions set up to separate classes and races are falling down Illogical and un-Christian distinctions, though still disgracing the age and hampering the spirit of progress must soon yield to justice and right Then forward in the struggle for advancement Wrong for a time may seem to prevail and the... secretaries, and 121 full -time volunteers When SNCC chose a community in which to begin civil rights activities we researched the economic and political history of the area Field workers were supplied with detailed information on a community’s economic and financial power structure, tracing connections of local bankers and business leaders in the local White Citizens Council to the largest American banks and. .. Education Local and state racial politics often froze the black college, its faculty and administrators and students, into political inactivity and grudging acceptance of the status quo The best of schools did, however, keep alive the rich tradition of protest and rebellion that had existed throughout black communities since slavery This was my experience at Fort Valley and Lincoln, and in Atlanta At... NAACP and other groups and many individuals fought against a system of racial domination that whites had regularized over time This system protected the privileges of white society and generated tremendous human suffering for blacks In both urban and rural areas of the South, blacks were controlled economically, politically, and personally—relegated to the worst jobs; prevented, often by force and terror,... Wallace runs as third-party candidate for president My Lai massacre Sixties Timeline Lyndon Johnson suddenly withdraws from the race Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated Columbia University Student Strike French Student Strike Robert Kennedy shot and killed Poor Peoples’ March on Washington Demonstrations at and boycott of Mexico City Olympics by African-American athletes Miss America Demonstrations Riotous . broad and expanding banner. Sifters: Native American Women’s Lives Edited by Theda Perdue Long Time Gone: Sixties America Then and Now Edited by Alexander Bloom long time gone SIXTIES AMERICA THEN. Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Long time gone : sixties America then and now / edited by Alexander Bloom. p. cm.—(Viewpoints on American culture) ISBN 0-19-512514-2, ISBN 0-19-512515-0. alt="" long time gone VIEWPOINTS ON AMERICAN CULTURE Edited by Catherine Clinton Viewpoints on American Culture offers timely reflections for twenty-first century readers. A sensible guide to knowledge