Patterson, The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America (2012)

James T. Patterson.
The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America.
New York: Basic Books (Hachette Book Group), 2012.

Book information: Publisher; Book Website; Google Books; Amazon.com, hardcover; Amazon.com, paperback; GoodReads.

Book excerpt: "The era known as 'the Sixties' really began in 1965," Los Angeles Times, 17 December 2014.

Patterson's book is more focused than a wide ranging survey of a single year. The book considers the interaction of three evolving social-political stories during 1965 in the United States and is strongly centered on President Johnson. The treatment of other social and cultural trends is secondary to these three major themes:

• The African-American Civil Rights Movement.
• Legislative approval of President Johnson's domestic policy initiatives collectively known as the War on Poverty and the Great Society.
• President Johnson's escalation of U.S. war-making in Vietnam.

Author information and miscellaneous articles:

• James T. Patterson (b.1935), Wikipedia.
• James T. Patterson, "The Civil Rights Movement: Major Events and Legacies," History Now: The Journal of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, date?
• James T. Patterson, "50 Years Ago, the State of the Union Actually Meant Something," Time, 20 January 2015.
  Patterson usually writes much better than this. I imagine the editors at Time severely cut this essay to fit it into a small page space.

Video and Audio: James T. Patterson

• James T. Patterson and Daryl Michael Scott, "After Words with James Patterson," BookTV, C-SPAN, 14 November 2012
• James T. Patterson, "The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America," Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 28 January 2013.
  Event information at the Miller Center.
• John Hockenberry, "Audio Interview with James T. Patterson," The Takeaway, 3 December 2012. (8 minutes)
• Mindy Todd, "Audio Interview with James T. Patterson," The Point, WCAI, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 4 April 2013. (28 minutes)
• Scott MacKay, "Audio Interview with James T. Patterson," Rhode Island Public Radio, 22 November 2013. (8 minutes)
  James T. Patterson, "What if Kennedy had not been killed?" Providence Journal, 20 November 2013.
• John Batchelor, "Audio Interview with James T. Patterson," John Batchelor Show, 27 June 2015. (40 minutes)

Video: General Surveys, 1960s USA

• The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation, Oregon Public Broadcasting, 2004.
  YouTube, copy 1; YouTube, copy 2.
  The Sixties, PBS program supplements webpage.
• David Hoffman, Making Sense of the Sixties, PBS, 1991.
  The Hoffman Collection: Archives
  IMDb; IMDb message: Series available at YouTube, with details.
  To make viewing this series easier on YouTube, I created this YouTube playlist.
  
  • Episode 1: "Seeds of the Sixties"
    Seeds of the Sixties, part 1 (Song Reveals Women In The 1950s)
    Seeds of the Sixties, part 2 ("Communists Caused Rock & Roll..." - Crazy Times)
  • Episode 2: "We Can Change the World"
    We Can Change the World, part 1 (The Early 60s - A Time Of "Innocence")
    We Can Change the World, part 2 (The Civil Rights Movement was Glorious)
  • Episode 3: "Breaking Boundaries, Testing Limits"
    Breaking Boundaries, Testing Limits, part 1 (Hippies Remember The Glory Days)
    Breaking Boundaries, Testing Limits, part 2 (How the 60s Changed America)
  • Episode 4: "In a Dark Time"
    In a Dark Time, part 1 (Vietnam Touched Off A Firestorm)
    In a Dark Time, part 2 (Americans Were Furious In 1968)
  • Episode 5: "Picking Up the Pieces"
    Picking Up the Pieces, part 1 (How Vietnam Affected America in 1968)
    Picking Up the Pieces, part 2 (They Never Forgot The 1960s)
  • Episode 6: "Legacies of the Sixties" -- not available on YouTube.
• The Century: America's Time, ABC News and History Channel, 1999:
  Episode 9, "1953-1960: Happy Days"
  Episode 10, "1960-1964: Poisoned Dreams"
  Episode 11, "1965-1970: Unpinned"
  Episode 12, "1971-1975: Approaching the Apocalypse"
  The Century: America's Time, Wikipedia
• People's Century, BBC and WGBH:
  Episode 16, "1957: Skin Deep," 1996.
  Episode 17, "1959: Endangered Planet," 1996.
  Episode 18, "1963: Picture Power," 1996.
  Episode 19, "1954: Living Longer," 1997.
  Episode 21, "1968: New Release," 1997.
  Episode 22, "1970: Half the People," 1997.
  Episode 23, "1975: War of the Flea," 1997.
  People's Century, Wikipedia.
  (Episode numbering from the Wikipedia article used above.)

Some Wikipedia Articles:

• 1960s.
• Year: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966.
• Year in the United States: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966.
• History of the United States (1945–64).
• History of the United States (1964-1980).
• New Deal liberalism.
• Modern liberalism in the United States: Great Society: 1964-68.
• Post–World War II economic expansion.
• Economic history of the United States: Postwar prosperity: 1945–1973.
• United States presidential election, 1964.
  Democratic candidates: Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), U.S. President, November 1963 - January 1969; Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978).
  Republican candidates: Barry Goldwater (1909-1998); William E. Miller (1914–1983).
• 89th United States Congress, January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967.

Some notable people in the Johnson administration:

• Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968); Attorney General, January 1961 – September 1964.
• Nicholas Katzenbach (1922–2012); Attorney General, February 1965 – October 1966.
• Ramsey Clark (b.1927); Attorney General, November 1966 – January 1969.
• Dean Rusk (1909–1994); Secretary of State, January 1961 – January 1969.
• Robert McNamara (1916–2009); Secretary of Defense, January 1961 – February 1968.
• McGeorge Bundy (1919–1996); National Security Advisor, January 1961 – February 1966.
• George Ball (1909–1994); Under Secretary of State, December 1961 – September 1966 (the highest level insider who argued against escalation in Vietnam).
• Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003); Assistant Secretary of Labor, 1961-1965.
• Bill Moyers (b.1927); Special Assistant to President Johnson, 1963-1967; White House Press Secretary, July 1965 – January 1967.
• Joseph A. Califano, Jr. (b.1931); various Department of Defense positions 1961-1965; Special Assistant to President Johnson, July 1965 - January 1969.
• Richard N. Goodwin (b.1934); Special Assistant to President Johnson, 1964 - 1965.
• Jack Valenti (1921–2007); Special Assistant to President Johnson.
• Clark Clifford (1906–1998); President's Intelligence Advisory Board, 1961-1968; Secretary of Defense, February 1968 – January 1969.
• Sargent Shriver (1915-2011); Director of the Peace Corps, March 1961 – February 1966; Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), October 1964 – March 1968.

Some major events:

• Cold War, 1947-1991.
  Cold War (1962–79).
• Vietnam War.
  Role of the United States in the Vietnam War.
  Role of the United States in the Vietnam War: Americanization.
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• African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68).
• Selma to Montgomery marches, March 1965.
• Watts riots, August 1965.
  Dayana De La Torre, Watts Uprising, Gangsta Nation blog, Contextualizing the Formation of the Crips in Post-1965 Los Angeles, Department of Africana Studies, Williams College, 2013.
• List of riots: 1960s.

Policy and Legislation:

• Great Society.
• War on Poverty.

Some major legislation of this period includes:

• Civil Rights Act of 1964, July 1964.
• Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, August 1964.
• Food Stamp Act of 1964, August 1964.
• Elementary and Secondary Education Act, April 1965.
• Social Security Amendments of 1965, July 1965 (created Medicare and Medicaid).
• Voting Rights Act of 1965, August 1965.
• National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, September 1965 (created the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities).
• Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, October 1965.
• Higher Education Act of 1965, November 1965.
• Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, November 1967.

Some notable U.S. Supreme Court decisions:

• Stanford v. Texas, January 1965.
• Freedman v. Maryland, March 1965 (on film censorship).
• Griswold v. Connecticut, June 1965 (on contraception and right to privacy).
• Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, March 1966 (banned poll taxes in state elections).
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach, March 1966.
• Memoirs v. Massachusetts, March 1966 (on obscenity).
• United States v. Guest, March 1966.
• United States v. Price, March 1966 (also known as the "Mississippi Burning trial"). See also Mississippi civil rights workers' murders.
• Katzenbach v. Morgan, June 1966.
• Miranda v. Arizona, June 1966.
• Schmerber v. California, June 1966.
• Bond v. Floyd, December 1966.
• See also List of landmark court decisions in the United States.

Documents: Video, Audio, Speeches, Reports, Essays, etc.

• The Tragic Death of President Kennedy, US Information Agency, MP212, LBJ Library.
• "C-SPAN Short Subject: 1963 Kennedy-Johnson Transition," C-SPAN, 12 December 1989.
  This is a 1963 newsreel, about 4 minutes long.
• President Johnson, "Address before Joint Session of Congress," 27 November 1963.
  Video at YouTube, MP505, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
• President Johnson, "1964 State of the Union Address," 08 January 1964.
  Video at YouTube, CBS, MP503, LBJ Library.
  Video at C-SPAN.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Johnson calls for a "War on Poverty".
• "The Poverty Tours," MP791, April-May, 1964.
  Campaigning for a "War on Poverty".
• President Johnson, "Remarks at the University of Michigan," 22 May 1964.
  Audio at YouTube (complete), LBJ Library.
  Video at YouTube (color, B Roll, poor audio), LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  An early discussion of the "Great Society".
• Malcolm X and Robert Penn Warren, Interview of Malcolm X, [Vanderbilt University; YouTube], 02 June 1964.
  Malcolm X (1925-1965).
  Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989).
  This interview is one of many that Robert Penn Warren conducted during 1963-1965 for his book Who Speaks for the Negro? first published in 1965 and recently reprinted in 2014. Robert Penn Warren's many other interviews with leaders of the civil rights movement and other African-American cultural leaders are available at the book's website at Vanderbilt University.
  Robert Penn Warren's Who Speaks for the Negro?: An Archival Collection, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University.
  Who Speaks for the Negro?, Yale University Press, 2014.
  Amazon.com, 2014 edition.
  Who Speaks for the Negro?, Wikipedia.
• President Johnson, "Radio and Television Remarks Upon Signing the Civil Rights Bill," 02 July 1964.
  Video at YouTube, CBS, MP525, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• President Johnson, "Vietnam Address," 04 August 1964.
  Video at YouTube, CBS, MP498, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Gulf of Tonkin incident, 2 August 1964, Wikipedia.
  Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, August 1964, Wikipedia.
• "Daisy," Johnson Presidential Campaign Advertisement, 1964.
• 1964 Johnson vs. Goldwater, Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2012, The Living Room Candidate, Museum of the Moving Image.
  This website has many campaign advertisements from both the Johnson and the Goldwater campaigns.
• Ronald Reagan, "Reagan Campaign Address for Goldwater," ("A Time for Choosing"), Reel America, American History TV, C-SPAN, 27 October 1964.
  Ronald Reagan (1911–2004); Governor of California, January 1967 – January 1975.
  "A Time for Choosing," Wikipedia.
  "A Time for Choosing," AmericanRhetoric.com.
  Text at Reagan Library.
  Reagan speeches at Miller Center.
• President Johnson, "1965 State of the Union Address," 04 January 1965.
  Video at YouTube, CBS, MP504, LBJ Library.
  Video at C-SPAN.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
• Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 January 1965.
  Part 1 of 2; Part 2 of 2.
  LBJ Library Citation No. 6736 and 6737.
  Discussion of legislative agenda, executive branch appointments, voting in the South, including the strategy of finding the worst place in the South where voting rights have been denied, in order to highlight the need for a federal law enforcing the right to vote.
• Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, "Inauguration of the President and Vice President," 20 January 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP802, LBJ Library.
  Video at C-SPAN.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
• President Johnson, "News Conference," 04 February 1965.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
• Malcolm X, Interview, Front Page Challenge, CBC, 1965.
  Malcolm X (1925-1965).
• Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Adam Clayton Powell, 01 March 1965.
  Audio at YouTube, LBJ Library Citation No. 7007.
  Patterson discusses this phone conversation on pages 54 through 60 of The Eve of Destruction.
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
  Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972); Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, January 1945 - January 1971.
• President Johnson's Meeting with Governor George Wallace, 13 March 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP538, LBJ Library.
  "The President's News Conference," Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
• President Johnson, "Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise," 15 March 1965.
  On recent events in Selma, Alabama and the Voting Rights Act.
  Video at YouTube, MP506, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Selma to Montgomery marches: Response to second march.
• Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and George Wallace, 18 March 1965.
  Part 1 of 3; Part 2 of 3; Part 3 of 3.
  LBJ Library Citation No.: 7094; 7095; 7096.
• President Johnson, "News Conference," 20 March 1965
  Video at YouTube, MP513, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  
  Civil rights: Selma to Montgomery marches:
  "Bloody Sunday" was March 7.
  "Turnaround Tuesday" was March 9.
  On Sunday March 21 the march from Selma to Montgomery began with protection by the U.S. Army, the Alabama National Guard under Federal command, FBI agents and Federal Marshals.
  
  Vietnam War:
  Joint warfare in South Vietnam, 1963–69: 1964–65 winter offensive.
  Camp Holloway, near Pleiku, was attacked on 6-7 February.
  Retaliatory bombings in North Vietnam and South Vietnam occurred 7-24 February.
  On March 2 Operation Rolling Thunder began.
  On March 8, 3500 combat troops arrived at Da Nang to provide security.
• Martin Luther King Jr., "Our God is Marching On!" (informally titled "How Long, Not Long"), Montgomery, Alabama, 25 March 1965.
  Video at YouTube: Beginning of speech; Conclusion of speech.
  Audio at YouTube: Part 1 of 6; Part 2 of 6; Part 3 of 6; Part 4 of 6; Part 5 of 6; Part 6 of 6.
  "How Long, Not Long," Wikipedia.
  "Our God is Marching On!" (another link), The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University.
  Selma to Montgomery marches: March to Montgomery, Wikipedia.
  Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968).
• President Johnson, "Statement on the Arrest of Four Ku Klux Klan Members in Connection with the Slaying of Mrs. Viola Liuzzo," 26 March 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP551, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Viola Liuzzo (1925-1965).
• Daniel Patrick Moynihan, The Negro Family: The Case For National Action, March 1965.
  Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003), Wikipedia.
  The Negro Family: The Case For National Action, Wikipedia.
  The Negro Family: The Case For National Action, United States Department of Labor.
  Moynihan's The Negro Family, PDF with tables and figures.
• President Johnson, "Peace Without Conquest," Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 07 April 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP549, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Joint warfare in South Vietnam, 1963–69: 1964–65 winter offensive, Wikipedia.
  Role of the United States in the Vietnam War: Americanization, Wikipedia.
• President Johnson, "Signing of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act," Johnson City, Texas, 11 April 1965.
  Audio at YouTube, WHCA285-1, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
• Martin Luther King Jr., Speech, University of California, Los Angeles, 27 April 1965.
  Selma to Montgomery marches, March 1965.
  Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968).
• President Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights," Commencement Speech at Howard University, Washington, D.C., 04 June 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP2265-66, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  "Freedom is not enough."
• President Johnson, "News Conference," Washington, D.C., 28 July 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP550, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  In this news conference Johnson announced the first major escalation of the Vietnam War, although smaller escalations in troop numbers had been occurring for more than a year and Operation Rolling Thunder had begun in March 1965.
  Role of the United States in the Vietnam War: Americanization, Wikipedia.
• President Johnson and President Truman, "Remarks with President Truman at the Signing of the Medicare Bill," Independence, Missouri, 30 July 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP330 and MP334, LBJ Library (the first 30 minutes of this video lacks sound; the segment with audio begins here).
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Social Security Amendments of 1965, Wikipedia.
• President Johnson, "Voting Rights Act of 1965 Speech and Bill Signing," 06 August 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP544, LBJ Library.
  Video at C-SPAN.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Voting Rights Act of 1965, Wikipedia.
• Barry McGuire, "Eve of Destruction," Hullabaloo, NBC, 20 September 1965.
  Eve of Destruction (song), Wikipedia.
• President Johnson, "Remarks at the Signing of the Immigration Bill," Liberty Island, New York, 03 October 1965.
  Audio at YouTube, WHCA 366-1, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, Wikipedia.
• Morely Safer and Walter Cronkite, "The Battle of Ia Drang Valley," CBS News Special Report, Reel America, American History TV, C-SPAN, 30 November 1965.
  A copy on YouTube.
  Battle of Ia Drang Valley, October - November 1965, Wikipedia.
• "Watts: Riot or Revolt?" CBS Reports, CBS News, Reel America, American History TV, C-SPAN, 07 December 1965.
  Watts riots, 11-17 August 1965, Wikipedia.
• A Charlie Brown Christmas, CBS, 09 December 1965.
  A Charlie Brown Christmas, Wikipedia.
• A Bob Hope Comedy Special, NBC, 15 December 1965.
• President Johnson, "1966 State of the Union Address," 12 January 1966.
  Video at YouTube, MP562, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
• President Johnson, "Address to the Nation," 31 March 1968.
  Video at YouTube, MP600, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  ("The President's Address to the Nation Announcing Steps To Limit the War in Vietnam and Reporting His Decision Not To Seek Reelection.")
• Lyndon Johnson, "Remarks by Former President Lyndon Johnson at a Civil Rights Symposium," Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas, 12 December 1972.
  Video at YouTube, LBJ Library.
  Video at C-SPAN, Reel America, American History TV, C-SPAN.
  Johnson's last public speech.
• Search Google Images for David Levine Lyndon Johnson 1966.
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• Eyes on the Prize, PBS, 1987; 1990.
  Series 1: Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1964, 1987.
  Series 2: Eyes on the Prize: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965–1985, 1990.
  Eyes on the Prize, American Experience, WGBH, PBS.
  Eyes on the Prize, Wikipedia.
  
  Excerpt from Eyes on the Prize about the Selma to Montgomery March, YouTube.
  
  Search YouTube for Eyes on the Prize.
  
  The Selma and Montgomery Civil Rights Battles, compilation of newsreels, YouTube.
  
  Stefan Sharff, Selma - Montgomery March, 21-25 March 1965, YouTube.
• George F. Will, "Looking back to 1965," The Public Interest, Fall 1995.
• Jon Margolis, The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964, New York: William Morrow, 1999.
  [Google Books; Amazon.com, hardback; Amazon.com, paperback.]
  
  1964 (documentary website), American Experience, WGBH, 2014.
  Search YouTube for American Experience 1964.
  
  1964 in the United States.
• Ramsey Clark, "Interview," Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Oral Histories, American History TV, C-SPAN, 09 January 2003.
  Ramsey Clark (b.1927); U.S. Assistant Attorney General (Lands Division), 1961-1965; U.S. Deputy Attorney General, January 1965 – March 1967; U.S. Attorney General, November 1966 – January 1969.

Video: C-SPAN

• Joseph A. Califano Jr., Robert Caro, and others, "Life Portrait of Lyndon B. Johnson," American Presidents, C-SPAN, 12 November 1999.
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• Marisa Chappell, "Civil Rights and the War on Poverty," Oregon State University, Corvallis, Lectures in History, C-SPAN, 19 May 2014.
• Lily Geismer, Robert O. Self, Julian E. Zelizer, Bruce J. Schulman (moderator), David Farber (commenter), "Rethinking the Election of 1964," Organization of American Historians, Atlanta, Georgia, American History TV, C-SPAN, 10 April 2014.
  Books by the presenters:
  • Lily Geismer, Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party, Princeton University Press, 2014.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Robert O. Self, All in the Family: The Realignment of American Democracy Since the 1960s, New York: Hill and Wang (Macmillan), 2012.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Julian E. Zelizer, The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society, New York: Penguin Press, 2015.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
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• Robert Dallek, "The Character of President Johnson," LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, C-SPAN, 20 March 1995.
  
  • Robert Dallek, Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960, Oxford University Press, 1991.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Robert Dallek, Flawed Giant: Lyndon B. Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973, Oxford University Press, 1998.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
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• Kent Germany and Michele Rubin (introduced by Gerald L. Baliles and Marc J. Selverstone), "The Relationship Between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lyndon B. Johnson," Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, American History TV, C-SPAN, 19 January 2011.
  The event title at the Miller Center is different from the one used by C-SPAN: "King: In His Own Words." This event webpage also has links to download video and audio.
  Selma, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Lyndon Johnson Tapes, Presidential Classroom, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia.
  Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), American President: A Reference Resource, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia.
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• Max Sherman, James K. Galbraith, Elspeth Rostow (moderator), Rodney Ellis, Thomas Ferguson, Charles Murray, John E. Schwarz, Charls Walker, "The Great Society Legislative Programs," Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas, American History TV, C-SPAN, 04 May 1990.
  Note that the C-SPAN video is a recording of a 1992 broadcast of a 1990 event. The C-SPAN voice-over introduction refers to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, April-May 1992.
  The viewer should not expect a straight-forward recounting and exposition of Great Society legislative programs; the panelists are more focused on the contemporary welfare issues of 1990. Questions from the audience are posed by, among others, Henry H. Fowler and Bill Moyers.
  Max Sherman (b.1935).
  James K. Galbraith (b.1952).
  Elspeth Rostow (1917-2007).
  Rodney Ellis (b.1954).
  Thomas Ferguson (b.1949).
  Charles Murray (b.1943).
  John E. Schwarz (b.1939).
  Charls Walker (1923–2015).
• Tom Wicker, Jack Valenti, Sargent Shriver, John W. Gardner; followed by a panel discussion with Douglass Cater, Liz Carpenter, George Christian, Bill Moyers, J.J. Pickle, Elspeth Rostow, "L.B.J.: Setting the Stage," 25th Anniversary Symposium, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas, C-SPAN, 07 May 1990.
  Tom Wicker describes the United States in the early 1960s.
  Jack Valenti denounces Robert Caro and praises Lyndon Johnson.
  Sargent Shriver gives a rousing wide-ranging speech.
  John W. Gardner reviews Great Society and War on Poverty programs and explains the achievement of Lyndon Johnson.
  As a discussion of historical topics this video is much better than the 04 May 1990 video above.
  Douglass Cater (1923-1995).
  Liz Carpenter (1920-2010).
  George Christian (1927–2002).
  J.J. Pickle (1913–2005).
• Vernon Jordan, Rudolfo Fuentes, Albert Martine, Vernon Sykes, Barbara Jordan, LBJ: The Difference He Made, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas, C-SPAN, 05 May 1990.
  Vernon Jordan (b.1935).
  Vernon Sykes (b.1951).
  Barbara Jordan (1936–1996).
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• Dennis Prager, "Impact of Great Society Policies of 1960's," ("The Grim Harvest of the Great Society’s War on Responsibility"), The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., C-SPAN, 26 May 1992.
  Contrast this talk with the 05 May 1990 panel above. Mr. Prager is exploiting the 1992 Los Angeles riots, April-May 1992, to attack his political opponents. At no time does he mention any Great Society policies. Note that, similar to Reagan's 1964 speech, Prager does not discuss the facts of poverty; instead the conservatives' discourse is limited to vague philosophy and us-versus-them attacks. The same pattern of discourse was seen more recently during consideration of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare").
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• Harry McPherson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Haynes Johnson, Michael Beschloss, Robert Dallek, "Lyndon Johnson 30 Years Later," Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, BookTV, C-SPAN, 14 May 1999.
  Books by the speakers:
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, New York: Harper & Row, 1976; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991; Open Road Media, 2015.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Haynes Johnson and Richard Harwood, Lyndon, Henry Holt & Company, Inc. or Praeger Publishers Inc., 1973.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Michael Beschloss, editor, Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Michael Beschloss, editor, Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-1965, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Robert Dallek, Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960, Oxford University Press, 1991.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Robert Dallek, Flawed Giant: Lyndon B. Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973, Oxford University Press, 1998.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
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• Roger Wilkins and Brian Lamb, "Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 08 November 1999.
  The sound quality of this video improves after a few minutes.
  Roger Wilkins (b.1932).
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• Joan Growe, Walter Mondale, Michael Beschloss, John Culver, Charles D. Ferris, George McGovern, "89th Congress, Lyndon Johnson and the Warren Court," Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, C-SPAN, 09 April 2003.
  89th United States Congress, January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967.
  Joan Growe (b.1935).
  Walter Mondale (b.1928); U.S. Senator from Minnesota, December 1964 – December 1976; U.S. Vice-President, January 1977 – January 1981.
  Michael Beschloss (b.1955).
  
  • Michael Beschloss, editor, Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Michael Beschloss, editor, Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-1965, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  John Culver (b.1932); Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa, January 1965 – January 1975; U.S. Senator from Iowa, January 1975 – January 1981.
  Charles D. Ferris (b.1931); Office of the Majority Leader, U.S. Senate Chief Counsel, December 1963 - January 1977; Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, October 1977 - February 1981. Ferris describes the drafting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  George McGovern (1922–2012); U.S. Senator from South Dakota, January 1963 – January 1981.
  Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978); U.S. Senator from Minnesota, January 1949 – December 1964 and January 1971 – January 1978; U.S. Vice-President, January 1965 – January 1969.
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• Joseph Califano, "Legacy of President Lyndon Johnson," Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, Kaiser Family Foundation Barbara Jordan Conference Center, Washington, D.C., C-SPAN, 19 May 2008.
  Joseph A. Califano, Jr. (b.1931); Special Assistant to President Johnson, July 1965 - January 1969.
• Harry J. Middleton, Michael Beschloss, Bill Moyers, James R. Jones, Harry McPherson, Joseph Califano, "Legacy of President Lyndon Johnson," Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, National Archives, Washington, D.C., C-SPAN, 20 May 2008.
  Harry J. Middleton (b.1921); Speech Writer and Staff Assistant, 1967-1969.
  Michael Beschloss (b.1955).
  Bill Moyers (b.1934); Special Assistant to President Johnson, 1963-1967; White House Press Secretary, July 1965 – January 1967.
  James R. Jones (b.1939); Chief of Staff to President Johnson, 1965 - January 1969.
  Harry McPherson (1929–2012); Special Counsel to President Johnson, 1965-1969.
  Joseph A. Califano, Jr. (b.1931); Special Assistant to President Johnson, July 1965 - January 1969.
  Richard Russell, Jr. (1897–1971); U.S. Senator from Georgia, January 1933 – January 1971.
  Everett Dirksen (1896–1969); U.S. Senator from Illinois, January 1951 – September 1969.
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• James R. Jones, "President Johnson's War on Poverty," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 05 January 2014.
  James R. Jones (b.1939); Appointments Secretary (Chief of Staff) to President Johnson, 1965 - January 1969; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma, January 1973 – January 1987.
• Michael Tanner and Melissa Boteach, "President Johnson's War on Poverty," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 12 January 2014.
  Melissa Boteach, et al., The War on Poverty: Then and Now, Center for American Progress, January 2014.
• Todd Purdum and Wendell Pritchett, "The Political Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964," National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, American History TV, C-SPAN, 02 April 2014.
  Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  Todd Purdum, An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, New York: Henry Holt and Co. (Macmillan), 2014; Picador (Macmillan), 2015.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com, 2014 edition; Amazon.com, 2015 edition.]
• Todd Purdum, Juan Williams, David L. Chappell, "Panel Discussion on the Civil Rights Movement," Annapolis Book Festival, C-SPAN, 05 April 2014.
  Books by the panelists:
  
  • Todd Purdum, An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, New York: Henry Holt and Co. (Macmillan), 2014; Picador (Macmillan), 2015.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com, 2014 edition; Amazon.com, 2015 edition.]
  • Juan Williams, Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965, Penguin Books, 1987; 2013.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • David L. Chappell, Waking from the Dream: The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr., New York: Random House, 2014.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Taylor Branch, Joseph A. Califano Jr., Doris Kearns Goodwin, Todd S. Purdum, Andrew Young, "President Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr.," Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, American History TV, C-SPAN, 09 April 2014.
• Timothy Thurber and Judson MacLaury, "50th Anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act," Organization of American Historians, Atlanta, Georgia, American History TV, C-SPAN, 11 April 2014.
  Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  Books mentioned:
  
  • Judson MacLaury, To Advance their Opportunities: Federal Policies Toward African American Workers from World War I to the Civil Right Act of 1964, Knoxville, Tennessee: Newfound Press, University of Tennessee Libraries, 2008; 2014.
    [Publisher (Free Download!); Amazon.com.]
  • Timothy N. Thurber, Republicans and Race: The GOP's Frayed Relationship with African Americans, 1945-1974, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2013.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Roger Mudd, Andy Glass, Donald Ritchie, "The Media and the Civil Rights Act of 1964," U.S. Senate Historical Office, American History TV, C-SPAN, 25 June 2014.
  Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  Roger Mudd (b.1928).
  Andrew Glass, Politico.
• Robert Woodson and Michael Lind, "LBJ's Great Society and War on Poverty," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 17 August 2014.
  Robert Woodson (b.1937).
  Michael Lind (b.1962).
• Nicole Austin-Hillery and Hans Von Spakovsky, "LBJ's Great Society and the Voting Rights Act of 1965," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 17 August 2014.
  Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  Shelby County v. Holder, 2013.
  Nicole Austin-Hillery, The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
  Hans A. Von Spakovsky (b.1959); Wikipedia; The Heritage Foundation.
  The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
• Ulrich Boser and Darleen Opfer, "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 18 August 2014.
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
  Ulrich Boser, Center for American Progress.
  V. Darleen Opfer, RAND Education.
• Patricia de Stacy Harrison, "Public Broadcasting Act of 1967," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 19 August 2014.
  Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.
  Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
  Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of CPB since June 2005.
• Tom Scully, "Medicare and Medicaid Acts of 1965," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 19 August 2014.
  Social Security Amendments of 1965.
  Thomas A. Scully.
• Marian Smith, "Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 20 August 2014.
  Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
  History of immigration to the United States.
  Immigration and Citizenship Data at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
  Genealogy at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
• Jeff Holmstead and Robin Juni, "Air Quality Act of 1967," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 21 August 2014.
  The Air Quality Act of 1967 amended and expanded the Clean Air Act of 1963, with further significant amendments in 1970, 1977, 1990.
  Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Bracewell LLP.
  Robin L. Juni, The George Washington University Law School.
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• Lawrence Levinson, Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, Bob Schieffer, Mark K. Updegrove, "Medicare and Medicaid 50th Anniversary," Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Aspen Institute, American History TV, C-SPAN, 15 April 2015.
  Social Security Amendments of 1965.
  Bob Schieffer (b.1937).
  Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (b.1944).
  Mark K. Updegrove (b.1961).
• Gary May, "Selma and the Voting Rights Act of 1965," Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., American History TV, C-SPAN, 07 July 2015.
  Gary May, Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy, New York: Basic Books (Perseus Books Group), 2013; Duke University Press, 2014.
  [Publisher, Basic Books; Publisher, Duke University Press; Google Books; Amazon.com, 2013 edition; Amazon.com, 2014 edition.]
  Gary May, "Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’," The Daily Beast, 02 January 2015.
• Joseph Califano and Kent Germany, "Voting Rights Act of 1965," American History TV, C-SPAN, 08 July 2015.
  Lyndon B. Johnson White House Recordings, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia.
  Books:
  
  • Joseph A. Califano, Jr., The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson: The White House Years, 1991; New York: Touchstone (Simon & Schuster), 2015.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Kent Germany, et al., editors, The Presidential Recordings, Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 1-3, The Kennedy Assassination and the Transfer of Power: November 1963 - January 1964, W. W. Norton & Company, 2005.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Kent Germany, et al., editors, The Presidential Recordings, Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 4-6, Towards the Great Society: February 1, 1964 - May 31, 1964, W. W. Norton & Company, 2007.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Kent Germany, et al., editors, The Presidential Recordings, Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 7-8, Mississippi Burning and the Passage of the Civil Rights Act: June 1, 1964 - July 4, 1964, W. W. Norton & Company, 2011.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Ari Berman, Donna Brazile, Spencer R. Crew, Sherrilyn Ifill, Janai Nelson, Henry "Hank" Sanders, "1965 Voting Rights Act: Then and Now," National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, American History TV, C-SPAN, 21 July 2015.
  NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
  Shelby County v. Holder, 2013.
  Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  Spencer Crew, George Mason University.
  Henry "Hank" Sanders (b.1942); Alabama State Senator, 1983 - present.
  Donna Brazile (b.1959); Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
  Sherrilyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
  Janai Nelson, NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
  Ari Berman; Ari Berman at The Nation.
  Ari Berman, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Macmillan), 2015.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Thomas A. Saenz, Mark Schickman, Hans A. Von Spakovsky, Maxine Waters, Andrea Zopp, "Voting Rights Act 50th Anniversary," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, C-SPAN, 01 August 2015.
  Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  Shelby County v. Holder, 2013.
  Maxine Waters (b.1938); Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California since January 1991.
  Hans A. Von Spakovsky (b.1959); Wikipedia; The Heritage Foundation.
  Thomas A. Saenz, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF).
  Andrea Zopp, former President & CEO of the Chicago Urban League and former Chicago Board of Education member.
  Mark Schickman, Freeland Cooper & Foreman LLP.
  Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity, American Bar Association.
  Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, American Bar Association.
• Nicole Austin-Hillery and Hans Von Spakovsky, "50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 08 August 2015.
  Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  Shelby County v. Holder, 2013.
  Nicole Austin-Hillery, The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
  Hans A. Von Spakovsky (b.1959); Wikipedia; The Heritage Foundation.
  The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

Book Reviews:

• John Wilson, "The Eve of Destruction: Historian James Patterson argues that 1965 'transformed America'," Books & Culture, December 2012.
  Wilson refers to this previous article of his in which he comments on Patterson's (inadequate) historical analysis of religion in America:
  John Wilson, "The Sixties, Revisited," Books & Culture, 8 October 2007.
• David M. Shribman, "Book Review," Boston Globe, 8 December 2012.
• John Steele Gordon, "When the Sixties Began," The Wall Street Journal, 23 December 2012. (subscription required)
• Howard A. Doughty, "Review," College Quarterly, Volume 16, Number 1, Winter 2013.
  Good comments on the weaknesses of single year history.
• Jonathan Yardley, "Opinions," The Washington Post, 18 January 2013.
• Alan Stein, "The Destruction of a Presidency," Z e t e o: The Journal of Interdisciplinary Writing, 21 January 2013.
  Makes a strong argument against Patterson's interpretation of 1965, that significant change in U.S. culture/society occurred before 1965, perhaps by 1963 or 1960.
  "My contention is that 1965 was more a turning point for the Johnson presidency than for the country, above all because he chose to fight a war that he had campaigned against fighting. Ultimately it was the war that undermined the Great Society and shifted the focus away from anything that had been accomplished on the domestic front, deeply dividing the country and creating the “generation gap” and “credibility gap” from which Johnson never recovered."
• Mark Gardner, "Review," A History Garden, 26 January 2013.
• Gary Anderson, "Book Review," The Washington Times, 20 February 2013.
  Good highlighting of Johnson's hubris.
• Marc Leepson, "Books in Review," The VVA Veteran, 8 March 2013.
• Sarah Brady Siff, "Capturing a Moment," Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, Department of History, Ohio State University, May 2013.
• Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, "Review," History News Network, 8 May 2013.
• Pope "Mac" McCorkle, "The 1960s, Liberalism, Conservatism, and President Obama," Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 17 June 2013.
  A good discussion on limits in U.S. domestic and foreign policy and the perils of ignoring limits, both in the 1960s and more recently.
• Marilyn Howard, "Book Review," Free Press, 8 July 2013.
• Maurice Isserman, "Book Review," Law and History Review, Volume 31, Issue 3, pages 643-644, August 2013. (subscription required)
• Michael Kazin, "Book Review," Journal of American History, Volume 100, Number 3, pages 913-914, 2013.
  (subscription required; preview displays first page of two page review)
• Joe Austin, "Review," History: Reviews of New Books, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2014.
• Maarten Zwiers, "Review," American Studies, Volume 53, Number 2, pages 201-202, 2014.
  (subscription required; however the free excerpt may contain the entire review)
• Enrico Beltramini, "Review," [PDF] 49th Parallel, Volume 34, Autumn 2014.
• Dan Jensen, "1965: The Real Beginning of the Tumultuous 60's," Mr. Jensen's U.S. History Website, 24 January 2015.
  This is a useful summary of the book, not a critical review.
• Stephen M. Krason, "1965: The Dawn of Our Current Age," Crisis Magazine, 5 June 2015.
  A conservative Roman Catholic review.

Other books by James T. Patterson noted in this blog:

• Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (1996).
• Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore (2005).

Other books on the 1960s noted in this blog:

• Farber, The Age of Great Dreams: America in the 1960s (1994).
  This post has many links to lectures organized by topic.
• Gitlin, The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage (1993).
• Bray, 1965: The Year Modern Britain Was Born (2014).