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Social Movements
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 1968 Revisited... 
 Explores how New York University (NYU) in the 1960s "was an important site of student radicalism," producing the "revolutionary protest groups SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), the Peace and Freedom Party, and the Independent Radicals." Includes a timeline of NYU and international events (1965-1971), and information on related people and organizations. From the NYU Archives. http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/collections/exhibits/arch/Homepg/Index.html Topics: Activism, Society & Social Science Last updated Oct 8, 2002 Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition
This site provides images of "broadsides, sheet music, pamphlets and government publications" that have been collected at Brown for over three centuries for researchers ... interested in American history, including the history of alcoholism, and in how the media was used for spreading ideas and information, and in how the arts presented various movements." Also includes a historical essay. Searchable, or browsable by document creator, publisher, or title. From Brown University Library. http://dl.lib.brown.edu/temperance/ Topics: Activism, Drugs & Medications by Type, Nonfiction by Genre, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Feb 22, 2005 Anti-Saloon League, 1893-1933
"From 1893 to 1933, the Anti-Saloon League was a major force in American politics. Influencing the United States through the printed word and lobbying, it turned a moral crusade into a Constitutional amendment." This digital archive offers a background of the temperance movement, information about the leaders, and images of printed material such as cartoons, song lyrics, short stories, and encyclopedia entries. Also includes ideas for classroom activities. From the Westerville, Ohio, Public Library. http://www.wpl.lib.oh.us/AntiSaloon/ Topics: Activism, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Jun 8, 2007 Brazil's Landless Workers Movement
This policy paper provides information about the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra (Landless Workers' Movement, or MST), a social movement in Brazil working to "achieve land reform and procure economic policies that support family-based agriculture." Includes background information, history, the group's agenda, and links to articles on the movement and related organizations. Opens directly into a PDF document. From the Americas Program at the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC), a public policy center. http://americas.irc-online.org/pdf/series/06.mst.pdf Topics: Activism, Agriculture, Economics, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Feb 7, 2008 Digger Archives: San Francisco Diggers (1966-68 ... and Beyond)
Devoted to the San Francisco-based "anarchist guerilla street theater group" from the 1960s, The Diggers. Contains a history, chronology, photos, publications, documents, articles, discussion forum, and more. http://www.diggers.org/ Topics: Activism, Performing Arts, Photograph Collections, Society & Social Science Last updated Sep 9, 2006 Hippie Society: The Youth Rebellion
Images, archival footage, and brief descriptions of events of the mid- to late 1960s, with an emphasis on the hippie movement in Canada. Also covers San Francisco's Haight Ashbury, the beatniks, and ex-hippies in the 1980s. Also includes material for teachers. From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). http://archives.cbc.ca/society/youth/topics/580/ Topics: History By Place, Society & Social Science Last updated May 15, 2008 NPR: The Long View
Audio of radio programs from "an occasional series of 'Morning Edition' conversations with people of significant experience, people who can both reflect on the past and look ahead to the future." Features individuals such as John Wooden (on college basketball's lost beauty), Stan Lee (on realism in the world of comic heroes), P.D. James (on the mystery novel's changing form), and Kurt Vonnegut (on modern society). From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5070722 Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated Apr 19, 2007 The Oneida Community Collection in the Syracuse University Library
An extensive collection of sources about the Oneida Community, a social-religious movement of the 19th century. There are links to online bibliographies, books, and photos. From the Syracuse University Library. http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/o/OneidaCommunityCollection/ Topics: Activism, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 20, 2007 The Psychedelic '60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change
Information about the social movements of the 1960s in the United States, with emphasis on the literature of the period. Features articles and images on the Beats, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, Timothy Leary, the Black Mountain Poets, hippies, Woodstock, illicit drugs, protests, and much more. Includes images of handbills, posters, and other memorabilia from the 1960s. From the University of Virginia Library. http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/sixties/ Topics: Activism, Drugs & Medications by Type, Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Dec 6, 2008 The Simple Living Network
This website provides "tools, examples and contacts for conscious, simple, healthy and restorative living." It features information about the simplicity movement, a database of study groups, discussion forums (free registration required), materials related to the book "Your Money or Your Life," and a newsletter featuring articles by well-known simplicity movement writers such as Cecile Andrews and Duane Elgin. Includes some commercial content. http://www.simpleliving.net Topics: Activism, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Nov 14, 2006 Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
"This database contains leaflets and newspapers that were distributed on the University of Washington campus during the decades of the 1960s and 1970s. They reflect the social environment and political activities of the youth movement in Seattle during that period." Includes an excerpt from the book "Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle." Browsable by subject; searchable by subject heading or keyword. From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content.lib.washington.edu/protestsweb/index.html Topics: Activism, Nonfiction by Genre, Society & Social Science, Technology Last updated Jan 10, 2005 A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law
Photographs, with captions, of 1960s counterculture in the U.S. including many famous people and places. http://americanhistory.si.edu/lisalaw/ Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated May 28, 2000 |
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