The Movement Toward a New America: The Beginnings of a Long Revolution

by Mitchell Goodman (editor)

1 Comprehension, 2 Compendium, 3 Handbook, 4 Guide, 5 History, 6 Revolution Kit, 7 Work in Progress. This is a compendium of photos, cartoons, articles & letters about the 60s movements: university politics, racial independence, native Americans, gays, hippies, yippies, revolution, Cuba, black power, police, Vietnam, prisons, military, technology, class, feminism, sexual revolution, the media, social change, cities, music, marijuana etc. Not just in the USA--movements around the world. The anthology begins with the Civil Rights struggle spurred on by students & radical movements. Articles from a wide range of papers, literary trades, universities etc. The book begins with a chronology starting in '56 when Rosa Parks refuses to go to the back of the bus in Montgomery & Martin Luther King leads blacks in a 381 day boycott, thru to '70: Nixon, Agnew & Mitchell declare war on bums, radicals & other criminal elements. Reagan calls for a "bloodbath" to settle the student "problem." Kent State, Jackson State & Cambodia. Nationwide student strikes. Murder of black students & other young blacks by state troopers in Georgia & Mississippi. Draft Resistance regenerates Union for Nat'l Draft Opposition organized at Princeton.
White wraps drawing of Mitchell Goodman, price printed to upper right corner. Rear wrap back of sandwich sign to front with titles of various papers of the time: Leviathan, The Bird, Ramparts, Berkeley Tribe etc. Inside photo, 1956: "One Thing Leads to Another," Rosa Parks, "Rosa Parks refuses to go to the back of the bus in Montgomery." An excellent historical chronology of the times.

Genres: Politics, History

768 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1970

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Over 700 pages of art and essays about the American counterculture of the late 60s/early 70s. Subtitled "The Beginnings of a Long Revolution," this book attempted to serve as an instruction manual for the social revolution. From the art and the music to the radical social movements that were changing the face of the United States, this book tries to provide some guidance to the reader on navigating (and instituting) radical changes. A much needed reminder to the contemporary reader on how to organize people towards social change.

[Erik Graff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Published in 1970, this anthology gives an overview of the sixties new left as seen by a contemporary participant. As such, it is at once inspiring and naively optimistic.

I read this thing, all of it, after dropping out of Grinnell College. Facing charges on draft evasion, I didn't want to go to jail in the middle of a term and, so, waste a lot of tuition money. During the period I worked at, first, an old people's home and, second, a psychiatric hospital--both in DesPlaines, Illinois. At the psych hospital I had two jobs: one to design a treatment evaluation protocol for the institution, the other to give batteries of tests to incoming clients. The longest test was the MMPI which allowed for a lot of reading while proctoring. Much of The Movement Toward a New America was read during these periods.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book...