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Tables of Contents for 1969
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
11
2
Introduction: The Year of Breakthroughs
13
78
1. The Battle of People's Park
by John Burks, John Grissim Jr., and Langdon Winner
21
8
In April students of the University of California, Berkeley, transformed a rundown piece of land into a park. Once the park was completed, the university reclaimed the land and had the students forcibly removed.
2. The First African American Congresswoman
by Shirley Chisholm
29
4
Shirley Chisholm fought against defense spending and for policies to help women and minorities, including passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
3. The Stonewall Uprising and the Gay Liberation Movement
by Jack Nichols
33
6
In June patrons of a gay bar in New York City rebelled against a police raid enacted allegedly for liquor license violations. The rebellion brought the gay rights movement national attention.
4. Edward Kennedy Is Involved in a Fatal Car Accident
by Edward Kennedy
39
5
In July Edward Kennedy drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The car accident is believed to have ruined Kennedy's chance to run for president.
5. The Moon Landing
by Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
44
11
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins manned the first space mission to land on the moon in July. The mission's success paved the way for future space exploration.
6. The Manson Family Murders
by Dial Torgerson
55
6
In August actress Sharon Tate, her guests, and wealthy merchants Rosemary and Leno LaBianca were brutally killed in Los Angeles. Charles Manson was later convicted of master-minding the murders.
7. Woodstock
by the New Yorker
61
6
One of the best remembered events of 1969, the Woodstock music festival represented three days of peace, love, sharing, and music. Many people consider Woodstock the culmination of the hippie movement.
8. Ho Chi Minh Dies
by Franz Schurmann
67
11
Ho Chi Minh, the president of North Vietnam and leader of the Communist movement there, died in September.
9. The Trial of the Chicago Seven Begins
by Douglas O. Linder
78
13
At the Democratic National Convention in 1968, a riot occurred between Vietnam protesters and police. Eight protesters were arrested and tried in 1969 for conspiracy and inciting a riot.
10. Millions March in Vietnam Moratorium
by Anthony R. Dolan
91
5
The largest demonstration in U.S. history, the Vietnam Moratorium boasted 20 million to 30 million protesters of the Vietnam War.
11. President Nixon Announces the Vietnamization Plan
by Richard Nixon
96
9
Vietnamization was a strategy to replace American soldiers in the Vietnam War with more troops from South Vietnam.
12. Paul McCartney Is Rumored to Be Dead
by John Neary
105
5
In 1969 a rumor begins circulating that one of the Beatles' members, Paul McCartney, had died in a car accident three years earlier.
13. Native Americans Occupy Alcatraz
by John A. Coleman
110
8
In November hundreds of Native Americans seized Alcatraz, the site of one of America's most notorious prisons, and demanded that the U.S. government cede the land to the tribespeople.
14. The Story of the My Lai Massacre Breaks
by David L. Anderson
118
9
In 1968 American soldiers massacred the civilians in the village of My Lai in Vietnam. The story was not revealed to the public until December 1969.
Chronology
127
3
For Further Research
130
4
Index
134