Category Vietnam War

The Turbulent 60s – Democracy And Militarism – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – WBAI: The Turbulent Sixties – Democracy and Militarism – July 7, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. No shortage of similarities between the decade of the 1960s…

The 70s, A Look Ahead – January 1970 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The 70s – A Look Ahead – January 11, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The 70s. Compared to the 60s it was uncharted territory. There was…

State Of The Union 1965 – LBJ And The Great Society – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – President Lyndon Johnson – State of The Union – Jan. 4, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Fifty years ago yesterday, President Lyndon Johnson ran down his…

Race Relations In America In 1968 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NET: Newsfront – Discussion on Race Relations – March 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As was pointed out earlier today via the Blog Concourse, the question…

Sonny & Cher, Godfrey Cambridge And Irv Kupcinet Talk About Youth In 1970 – Past Daily Reference Room

  . . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Kup’s Show – May 20, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Two things to consider – the people in the photo above are mostly all in…

Body Counts And Questions – November 19, 1970

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Nightly News (Audio version) – November 19, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A horrific day in history, by most accounts. November 19th 1970 brought with it…

The Great Polarizer In American Politics – An Address By Spiro Agnew – 1969 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – Vice-President Spiro Agnew – Address in Montgomery Alabama – Nov. 10, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The name Spiro Agnew may have faded into the deeper recesses…

Week Of Wonders – November 14, 1965

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Radio: Voices In The Headlines – week ending November 14, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A harbinger of things to come? Maybe. But at the time,…

November 11th Somewhere Else – November 11, 1970

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Nightly News – November 11, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A November 11th in 1970 that passed into history with scant mention of what that…

July 22, 1965 – Vietnam: ‘A War That Could Last Ten Years’ – Civil Rights – A Struggle That Could Last Forever.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”15924″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”July 22, 1965 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] On this July 22nd in 1965, news was about the escalating War in Vietnam and the escalating violence in Alabama as…