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Hal Draper/berkeley: The New Student Revolt

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the complete text of Hal Draper's book "Berkely: The New Student Revolt" which is now out of print. Chapters 11 through 17 cover the events at Sproul Hall.
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Free Speech Movement Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a nearly exhaustive list of web resources on the subject of the Free Speech Movement of the sixties and seventies.
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The Political History Leading to Free Speech Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Out of Berkeley University's Free Speech Archives, students will find an exhaustive list of documents available on the development of the New Left at Berkeley through 1964.
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Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: The Struggle to Define Free Speech: From Skokie to Paris

For Students 9th - 10th
Relevant resource on free speech in which students examine how different societies define freedom of expression. Through multi-media sources students look at historical sources as well as current controveries over free speech.
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Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: 1950s 1970s: The Free Speech Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore these primary resources to learn about the free speech movement, particularly in California, determine who the leaders were, where the center of activity was, and what the message was that students were trying to convey.
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PBS

The Sixties: House Un American Activities Committee

For Students 9th - 10th
The House Un-American Activities Committee gained noteriety in the 1950s with Joseph McCarthy and his witch hunts. The committee was still in existence in the early 1960s. Read this brief article to see what it was investigating then.
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Chronologies of the Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers five different chronologies written at different times by different people with interests in the event and therefore with different emphasis and perspectives. All chronologies offer dates of events and developments and...
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The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Library Exhibit: Outspoken: Chicago's Free Speech Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual library exhibit about free speech, focusing on the principles that unite Americans and the conflicts that divide them.
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University of California

The Regents of the University of California: Free Speech Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital archive that documents the Free Speech Movement led by Mario Savio during September-December 1964. Site includes bibliography, documents, online videos, and sound recordings.
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Mario Savio's Speech Before the Fsm Sit In

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the conclusion of activist Mario Savio's speech to the Free Speech Movement demonstrators in 1964 before the group entered Sproul Hall to begin their historic sit-in.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Mario Savio

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Fordham University offers bio and obituary of Mario Savio, 1960's leader of the Free Speech movement.