U.S. History: Primary Sources: Post-war (1945-present)

Discusses the presidential election of Richard Nixon in 1968 and how the election changed national affairs and American society for years afterward.

Th uprising that gave birth to a new liberation movement. This history explores the decades of discrimination and abuse that gay people endured in earlier eras, the liberation movement of the 60's and 70's, and the continuing fight forequal rights and recognition.

Behind the scenes look at the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Traces the decision made in the landmark segregation case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

The gay civil rights movement in the United States began when police raided a gay bar in Greenwich Village in New York City in June 1969.

This anthology presents key aspects of the Civil Rights Movement in the 50s and 60s.

For thirteen terrifying days in October 1962, leaders from the United States and the Soviet Union brought the world to the brink of potential nuclear disaster as they decided the fate of atomic weapon bases on Cuba.