The 1960's
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Many social changes that were addressed in the 1960s are still the
issues being confronted today. The '60s was a decade of social and
political upheaval caused by student and anti-war protest movements,
political assassinations, and ghetto riots. The decade began under the
shadow of the Cold War be ....
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.... environment, medicine and health,
and fun and fashion.
The power and enthusiasm of the previous decade's civil movement
led by Reverend Martin Luther king Jr. carried over into the 1960s. But for
most blacks, the results were minimal. Only a small percentage of black
children actually attended integrated schools, and in the south, "Jim Crow"
practices barred blacks from jobs and public places (Ascher 21). New
groups formed, new tactics devised, to push forward for full equality.
White resi ....
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