THE AMERICAN SIXTIES
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The Sixties

The Sixties
Known as a defining era for America and the world, the American Sixties changed the way we consume pop culture, view the stars, contemplate our mortality, and trust our leaders. It is either our adolescence or our mid life crisis. Without question, it was a time of rapid, messy and uncomfortable change that nearly saw our unraveling.

An   era   built   of   themes   and   pressing   issues

How the Fifties made the Sixties

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The Fifties

Camelot

Wallace's Stand
The CIA

Condemned and lionized, the Kennedy administration represents the high water mark of ascendant liberalism. Click these links for some insight into the administration that inspired millions, bravely fought a Cold War, and that was led by a flawed man.
Cuban Missile Crisis
We choose the moon
Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassination aftermath
Castro Conspiracy
Freeing MLK
Vienna Summit
Early life
unqualified winner
Televised debate
Kennedy's Addictions
Fallible Man

The Civil Rights Movement

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Possibly the most significant contribution and social movement of the Sixties, the Civil Rights movement would challenge old notions of race and redefine the government's role in guaranteeing the rights of citizenship.
 

An inspired era for music

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  • Home Page
    • Fifties themes >
      • Creation of NASA
    • Vietnam >
      • Agent Orange
    • JFK >
      • Televised debate
      • Fallible Man: JFK's Affairs
      • LEE HARVEY OSWALD
      • Kennedy's Addiction
      • Underqualified Winner
      • Wallace's stand
      • Freeing the face of Civil Rights mvmt
      • Vienna Summit
      • Cuban Missile Crisis
      • JFK early life
      • Assassination aftermath
      • CIA did it
      • JFK: Desegregation of Ole Miss
      • Cuban government conspiracy
      • A Cold Warrior
    • The Civil Rights Movement >
      • Hoover vs. MLK
      • Black Panthers
      • George Wallace
      • Muhammad Ali
      • Rubin Carter
      • Montgomery Bus Boycott
      • Third Hero
      • Branch Rickey
  • Altamont: Decade of Failure
    • Parents
    • War on Poverty
    • Drugs & Music Culture
    • FBI Corruption
    • Sixties Politics
  • Woodstock
    • LSD on the brain
    • About Woodstock
    • Drugs
    • Civil Rights Movement
    • Political