Philip A. Goduti, Jr., is an adjunct assistant professor of history at Quinnipiac University and teaches U.S. history at Somers High School in Connecticut where he is the 2017 Somers Public Schools Teacher of the Year. He has also worked as a freelance reporter for the Hamden Chronicle and the Providence Journal Bulletin. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.

“This volume examines the writings, speeches, and actions of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. to consider how their words impacted American society and change the US after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, up to 1968”—ProtoView.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionPrologue—“Jack’s Been Shot”Part I. America in the Wake of Tragedy, 19631: November 22, 19632: “Let Us Continue”Part II. Forging a New American Identity, 19643: Finding a Voice4: “The Hearts and Minds of Youth”5: “The Clock of Destiny Is Ticking Out”6: Freedom and the World7: New AwakeningsPart III. Marching On and Hitting Full Stride, 1965–19668: Selma9: Bloody Sunday and the Aftermath10: “The Crises of the Moment”11: Urban Crisis, Voting Rights and Watts12: “Ripples of Hope”Part IV. Visions of America, 1967–196813: “A Coalition of Conscience”14: “Beyond Vietnam”15: “A Newer World”16: 1968Epilogue—Selma, 2015Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Philip A. Goduti, Jr., is an adjunct assistant professor of history at Quinnipiac University and teaches U.S. history at Somers High School in Connecticut where he is the 2017 Somers Public Schools Teacher of the Year. He has also worked as a freelance reporter for the Hamden Chronicle and the Providence Journal Bulletin. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.

“This volume examines the writings, speeches, and actions of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. to consider how their words impacted American society and change the US after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, up to 1968”—ProtoView.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionPrologue—“Jack’s Been Shot”Part I. America in the Wake of Tragedy, 19631: November 22, 19632: “Let Us Continue”Part II. Forging a New American Identity, 19643: Finding a Voice4: “The Hearts and Minds of Youth”5: “The Clock of Destiny Is Ticking Out”6: Freedom and the World7: New AwakeningsPart III. Marching On and Hitting Full Stride, 1965–19668: Selma9: Bloody Sunday and the Aftermath10: “The Crises of the Moment”11: Urban Crisis, Voting Rights and Watts12: “Ripples of Hope”Part IV. Visions of America, 1967–196813: “A Coalition of Conscience”14: “Beyond Vietnam”15: “A Newer World”16: 1968Epilogue—Selma, 2015Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Philip A. Goduti, Jr., is an adjunct assistant professor of history at Quinnipiac University and teaches U.S. history at Somers High School in Connecticut where he is the 2017 Somers Public Schools Teacher of the Year. He has also worked as a freelance reporter for the Hamden Chronicle and the Providence Journal Bulletin. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.

“This volume examines the writings, speeches, and actions of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. to consider how their words impacted American society and change the US after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, up to 1968”—ProtoView.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionPrologue—“Jack’s Been Shot”Part I. America in the Wake of Tragedy, 19631: November 22, 19632: “Let Us Continue”Part II. Forging a New American Identity, 19643: Finding a Voice4: “The Hearts and Minds of Youth”5: “The Clock of Destiny Is Ticking Out”6: Freedom and the World7: New AwakeningsPart III. Marching On and Hitting Full Stride, 1965–19668: Selma9: Bloody Sunday and the Aftermath10: “The Crises of the Moment”11: Urban Crisis, Voting Rights and Watts12: “Ripples of Hope”Part IV. Visions of America, 1967–196813: “A Coalition of Conscience”14: “Beyond Vietnam”15: “A Newer World”16: 1968Epilogue—Selma, 2015Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex