The Course

Great Speeches of the 60s is broken up into eight classes, as follows:

Class One: An Introduction to the Decade and the Early Years (1960 and 1961)

Class Two: The Early 60s: Kennedy goes from Crisis to Crisis and Finds his Footing (1962)

Class Three: 1963: A Tragic and Pivotal Year

Class Four: Mid-60s: Civil Rights Legislation, Election, Vietnam (1964-65)

Class Five: 1966-67 Urban Riots, Anti-war Protests, Intense Fighting, Troop Increases

Class Six: Important Women’s Voices

Class Seven: 1968: Assassinations, Riots, Election, and Vietnam at its Worst

Class Eight: Late 1968-1969: Moon Landing, Woodstock, Nixon’s “Silent Majority”