Finding a topic for my National History Day (or other) Project using Library of Congress Resources

I'm looking for ideas for a National History Day Project topic. Since the theme includes "revolution", I think I'd like to do something on a revolution or a change happening in the 1960s. What's out there in the Library of Congress?

Connie Williams
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Conducting a "site search" allows us to search within one particular site. Today we're using the Library of Congress. Navigate to [https://www.google.com/ ](https://www.google.com/)

Type "1960s revolution site:[loc.gov](https://www.google.com/search?q=1960s+revolution+site%3Aloc.gov&client=safari&sca_esv=39c4b700aff72256&rls=en&ei=P8HiaOKlCtuOm9cPvZzF-AE&ved=0ahUKEwiiwdiJ4I2QAxVbx-YEHT1OER8Q4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=1960s+revolution+site%3Aloc.gov&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiHTE5NjBzIHJldm9sdXRpb24gc2l0ZTpsb2MuZ292SJY4UABYsTZwAHgAkAEAmAFjoAHxEKoBAjI5uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIWoAKFD8ICCxAAGIAEGIoFGJECwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICBRAAGIAEwgIIEAAYgAQYsQPCAgsQLhiABBjHARjRA8ICChAAGIAEGIoFGEPCAgoQLhhDGIAEGIoFwgINEAAYgAQYigUYQxixA8ICBRAuGIAEwgIGEAAYFhgewgIFEAAY7wXCAgUQIRigAcICBRAhGJ8FmAMAkgcEMTguNKAHk3yyBwQxOC40uAeFD8IHCDAuMS4xOS4yyAdu&sclient=gws-wiz-serp) [[Enter]]"

After perusing the first page of results, click on '2' to see what's on the 2nd page. Here is one idea that shows up: segregation. But I'm not sure that that really excites me. Let's look further.

Click on page "3" to see even more. Editorial cartoons might be interesting - but while this is expanding my thoughts on what might be interesting... I'd like to look a bit further. I can scroll further down the page...

Women in the Civil Rights Movement is a thought: clicking "Women in the Civil Rights Movement | Articles and Essays" - will take me there to check it out.

But when I returned to the search results page again, this caught my eye: music: rock and roll. This might be good. I'll investigate that by clicking on: "Music in the Civil Rights Movement | Articles and Essays."

Scrolling down a bit further and...oh.. this one. I want to learn more about this walkout. I saw a movie on this event called "Walkout." I am going to go here. This one seems like I could relate it to current events. I will click on: "1968: East Los Angeles Walkouts - A Latinx Resource ..."

This is a Library of Congress Research Guide. It can help me with resources, a timeline, and some images. Click the "Search this Guide" field or use the navigation bar on the left to locate similar topics that might help with context and content.

You can also type in "images [[Enter]]" to find images from the many resources in this topic range. Searching within the article itself connects you to a variety of resources specifically on this event.

Click "A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events in the United States"