Takin' It to the Streets": A Sixties Reader

Takin' It to the Streets": A Sixties Reader by Bloom, Alexander. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780195066241.

Takin It to the Streets is a comprehensive collection of primary documents covering political, social and cultural aspects of the 1960s. Drawn from mainstream sources, little-known sixties periodicals, pamphlets and public speeches, this anthology brings together representative writings many of which have been unavailable for years or have never been reprinted, from the Port Huron Statement and Malcolm Xs "The Ballot or the Bullet" to Richard Nixons "If Mob Rule Takes Hold in the U.S." and Ronald Reagans "Freedom versus Anarchy on Campus." Introductions and headnotes by the editors help highlight the importance of particular documents while relating them to each other and placing them within the broader context of the decade. While paying particular attention to civil rights, anti-war activity, Black power, the counter-culture, the womens and gay/lesbian struggles for recognition, the authors also take into account the conservative backlashes these sparked and thus present a balanced portrait of a tumultous era. Covering an extremely popular period of history, Takin It to the Streets stands out as a thorough and accessible collection of documents, an authoritative reader for a decade such as America had not seen before or experienced since.