1. APUSH Major Primary Sources Period 8 (1945-1980)
Includes paintings, engravings, photographs, political cartoons, speeches, documents with hyperlinks for additional information and video links.
Compiled by John Burkowski Jr.
Academy for Advanced Academics

2. The Long Telegram George Kennan 1946

3. Truman Doctrine Harry S. Truman 1947

4. “It’s Okay – We’re Hunting Communists” Herbert Block 1947

5. The Red Iceberg 1960

6. Farewell Address ”Military-Industrial Complex” Dwight D
Farewell Address ”Military-Industrial Complex” Dwight D. Eisenhower 1961 Video

7. Inaugural Address John F. Kennedy 1961 Video

8. Majority Decision – Brown v. Board Chief Justice Earl Warren 1954

9. Sit In in Jackson, Mississippi Fred Blackwell 1963

10. Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King, Jr. 1963

11. I Have a Dream Speech Martin Luther King, Jr. 1963 Video Excerpt

12. The Ballot or the Bullet Malcolm X 1964

13. The Basis of Black Power Stokely Carmichael 1966

14. Great Society Speech Lyndon Johnson 1964 Video Excerpt

15. Excerpt from The Conscience of a Conservative Barry Goldwater 1960

16. Daisy Ad 1964

17. Why We Are in Vietnam Lyndon Johnson 1965

18. Saigon Execution Photograph by Eddie Adams 1968

19. Napalm Girl Photograph by Nick Ut 1972

20. Port Huron Statement Student for a Democratic Society (SDS) 1962

21. Address to the Nation (Silent Majority) Richard Nixon 1969 Video

22. Kent State John Paul Filo 1970

23. ”Look – Nice Tapes – Okay, Boy. – Okay
”Look – Nice Tapes – Okay, Boy? – Okay? –” Herbert Block October 24, 1973

24. Excerpt from Silent Spring Rachel Carson 1962

25. For the Equal Rights Amendment Shirley Chisolm 1969

26. Crisis of Confidence aka Malaise Speech Jimmy Carter 1979 Video