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Finding Primary Sources: Postwar United States

A guide to finding primary source accounts of United States history at the Valley Cottage Library.

Civil Rights Movement

Reporting Civil Rights
Call Number: 323.119 REP

ISBN: 9781931082280
Say It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity
Call Number: 973.0496 SAY

ISBN: 9781595581136
Civil Rights (Great Speeches in History Series)
Call Number: 323.1 CIV

ISBN: 9780737715941
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement
Call Number: 973.0496073 VOI

ISBN: 9780679462965
The Civil Rights Movement: An Eyewitness History
Call Number: 323.119 WEX

ISBN: 9780816027484

Business

The New York Times Century of Business
Call Number: 330.904 NOR

ISBN: 9780071355896

The 60s

The 1960s (Eyewitness History)
Call Number: 973.923 MAG

ISBN: 9780816048090

The Cold War

The Postwar Years: The Cold War and the Atomic Age, 1950-1959 (First Person America)
Call Number: J 973.92 STE

ISBN: 9780805025873

Postwar Society

Understanding Death of a Salesman: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents
Call Number: 812 MILLER

ISBN: 9780313304026

Korean and Vietnam Wars

War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars by Carroll, Andrew
Call Number: 355.0092 WAR

ISBN: 9780743202947

Websites

Lydon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
A selection of audio and video recordings from LBJ's presidency.