Black America Rewind: 1960s

Our history will not be erased. In this near-weekly series, we'll focus on important Black American history from the 1920s to the 1990s. Full posts are available here, but you can follow along with the abridged versions on Instagram, too.

The 1960s are arguably one of the most turbulent and consequential decades in American history. Despite the Vietnam War, numerous political assassinations, the intimidation of COINTELPRO, violent terrorism, and the continuation of American-As-Apple-Pie racism, Black Americans forged ahead to accomplish new achievements in politics, culture, and education that scores of us would benefit from in the future.

This content is easier to format on my website and is available in full here. However, the sources are exclusively available to Patreon members below.

Don't forget to check out this 1960s Black Classics playlist as well <3

Sources and Further Reading

To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans from 1880

Black History Book

The Black Book

1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

The Long Sixties (America, 1955-1973)

Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement

The Movement: The African American Struggle for Civil Rights

https://policing.umhistorylabs.lsa.umich.edu/s/detroitunderfire/page/the-brutal-murder-of-cynthia-scott

https://mlk50.com/2017/04/15/the-media-matters-50-years-after-the-discovery-of-hunger-in-the-u-s/

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/the-troubling-past-of-forced-sterilization-of-black-women-and-girls-in-mississippi-and-the-south/#:~:text=While%20the%20legislation%20gained%20pushback,sterilization%20in%20lieu%20of%20imprisonment.%E2%80%9D

https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/restaurant-prices/

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-mlk-chicago-20160118-story.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2018/03/29/rare-photos-of-rev-martin-luther-king-jrs-time-in-chicago/

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-mlk-chicago-20160118-story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/05/archives/2-of-businesses-in-us-owned-by-blacks-in-1969-survey-says.html#:~:text=According%20to%20a%201970%20census%2C%20Negroes%20made,1%25%20of%20the%20nation's%20total%20business%20revenues.

https://cms.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/100-Years-Report_Technical-Appendices.pdf

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4461293/

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/operation-breadbasket#:~:text=Fertility%20declines%20have%20been%20more,fertility%20at%202%2Dchild%20families.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/ctx.2005.4.4.33#:~:text=As%20racial%20minorities%20advanced%2C%20pub,achieved%20over%20the%20past%20century.

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/yi/y9616a.asp#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20U.S.%20Department%20of%20Commerce%2C,Black%20families%2C%20and%20$3%2C230%20for%20Hispanic%20families

https://mronline.org/2018/11/11/hell-no-stokely-carmichael-twenty-years-on/

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/26/archives/black-lag-found-in-college-rolls-report-says-minorities-are-still.html

https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/african-immigration-to-the-united-states-1965/#:~:text=The%20Immigration%20and%20Nationality%20Act,population%20in%20the%20United%20States.

https://www.democracynow.org/2016/6/6/just_take_me_to_jail_remembering

https://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/bpp

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/16/eartha-kitt-and-lady-bird-johnson-vietnam/321602002/

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/47b9517555a94367a5fe877d0a24a568

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17541328.2017.1303111

https://www.crmvet.org/nars/baker68.htm

https://time.com/4780493/1967-vietnam-race/

https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/women/b0287_dolwb_1964.pdf

https://www.blind-magazine.com/stories/comrade-sisters-women-of-the-black-panther-party/

https://www.themilitant.com/1968/3249/MIL3249.pdf

https://bcvoices.org/black-women-the-unsung-heroes-of-the-1963-march-on-washington/#:~:text=Despite%20women%20being%20marginalized%20as,activist%2C%20and%20lawyer%2C%20Dr.

https://whyy.org/articles/the-invisible-women-of-the-civil-rights-movement/

https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/app/uploads/2021/01/EDU_SchoolTours_Cyclo_TeacherGuide_Components_The-civil-rights-movement-often-overlooks-its-black-women-heroes-.pdf

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240215-in-history-nina-simone-how-racial-injustice-fuelled-her-songs

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/08/opinion/urban-highways-segre

https://news.vcu.edu/article/angela_davis_visits_vcu_reflects_on_50_years_of_activism_callsgation.html

https://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/cointelpro-exposed/

https://inthesetimes.com/article/martin-luther-king-jr-day-socialism-capitalism

https://www.moma.org/artists/70943-emory-douglas

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/arts/fifty-years-later-black-panthers-art-still-resonates.html