Time It Was : American Stories from the Sixties

Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction xix Vietnam 1(86) Introduction 1(7) ``Blackhawk 54'' 8(19) Wayne ``Crash'' Coe Episodes in the Life of a U.S. Helicopter Pilot ``Letters Home'' 27(14) Paul Thomas Coe A Draftee Writes to His Family from Vietnam ``The G.I.s Called Us Donut Dollies'' 41(21) Leah O'Leary A Red Cross Volunteer in Vietnam ``United States Blues'' 62(14) Tim Koster The Draft Lottery and an Unlucky Birthday ``A Life in Flight'' 76(11) Huynh Quang Ngoc Escaping Post-War Vietnam Struggles for Social Justice 87(106) Introduction 87(6) ``Mama Told Me Not to Go'' 93(27) Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons Working with SNCC in Mississippi, Freedom Summer 1964 ``Deep in the Heart'' 120(15) Raymond Hubbard Growing Up Black in the Jim Crow South ``Not My Mother's Path'' 135(13) Sara M. Evans A Historian Traces Her Journey to Women's Liberation ``Students of Stonewall'' 148(15) Toby Marotta Encountering the Militant Gay Liberation Movement ``Sisterhood Is Possible'' 163(13) Yolanda Retter The Life of a Feminist Latina Lesbian ``Something in the Wind'' 176(17) Johnny Flynn Spiritual Renewal in the American Indian Movement Pathways 193(71) Introduction 193(9) ``Hope House'' 202(12) R. Thomas Collins, Jr. Volunteer Tutoring with Upward Bound, 1965--1966 ``The Peace Corps: Kenya, 1968--1972'' 214(14) John H. Manners Teaching School in Africa ``Opening the Doors of Perception'' 228(8) James Fadiman Psychedelics and Research in the Sixties ``Back to the Land'' 236(11) Steve Diamond A Search for Simplicity and Spiritual Health ``The Process'' 247(17) Karen Manners Smith Five Years in a New Age Religious Cult Conservative Currents 264(51) Introduction 264(6) ``Born on the Fourth of July'' 270(12) John M. Werlich The Making of a Conservative ``Libertarian Awakening'' 282(9) Robert W. Poole, Jr. Campus Conservative Movements and the 1964 ``Goldwater for President'' Campaign ``It Ain't Me, Babe: Working for Richard Nixon'' 291(15) Ron McCoy An Insider's View of Richard Nixon's 1968 Republican Presidential Campaign ``War on Drugs, 1971--1978: A View from the Trenches'' 306(9) Gerald J. Scott Undercover in the DEA Landmark Events 315(61) Introduction 315(8) ``Fire in the Streets'' 323(10) Pat Royse Reporting on the Cleveland Riots, July 1966 ``Chicago '68'' 333(7) Tara Collins Gordon Innocence and Violence at the Democratic Convention ``Woodstock Nation'' 340(21) Sheila Lennon Remembering Three Days of Peace and Music, 1969 ``Ordinary Lives: Kent State, May 4, 1970'' 361(15) Carole Barbato Laura Davis Two Students Recall the Shootings Speaking Out 376(58) Introduction 376(8) ``Sit Down! Sit Down!'' 384(17) Jackie Goldberg The Free Speech Movement at the University of California at Berkeley ``Standing With Cesar'' 401(14) Maria Antonia Saludado Kent Kirkton Women in the United Farm Workers Movement ``Somebody's Got to Do It'' 415(19) Samuel Lovejoy Anti-Nuclear Activism and Civil Disobedience The Contributors 434