Reprints twenty-two notable speeches of the 1960s in which the speakers address issues of the Cold War, Cuba, communism, civil rights, the space race, the Great Society, the counterculture and student activism, and the Vietnam War.

U.S. domestic and foreign policy: America's responsibility in a Cold War World / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- America should not intervene in the global fight against communism / J. William Fulbright -- On the buildup of Soviet missiles in Cuba / John F. Kennedy -- Soviet Union does not need a missile base in Cuba / Valerian Zorin -- Nation's space effort / John F. Kennedy -- Great society / Lyndon B. Johnson -- Fight for Civil Rights: I have a dream / Martin Luther King Jr.-- Ballot or the bullet / Malcolm X -- Importance of civil rights legislation / Robert F. Kennedy -- Civil rights legislation is a fraud, a sham, and a hoax / George C. Wallace -- Failure of white activism / Stokely Carmichael -- Move from sex object to personhood / Betty Friedan -- Equal rights for women / Shirley Chisholm -- Counterculture and student activism / Our free speech fight / Mario Savio -- Using Guerrilla theater to make a media statement / Abbie Hoffman -- Turn on, tune in, and drop out / Timothy Leary -- Direct action and democratic values / Tom Khan -- Vietnam War: Challenging Kennedy's politics / Ho Chi Minh -- Rationale behind the war / Lyndon B. Johnson -- Ending tyranny at home and abroad / Paul Potter -- Soldier speaks against the war / Don Duncan -- Vietnamization, Working to end the war / Richard Nixon.