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The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history. The era was marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and antiwar protests, countercultural movements, political assassinations and the emerging "generation gap."
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Woodstock
Woodstock Ventures The Woodstock Music Festival was the brainchild of four men, all age 27 or younger, looking for an investment opportunity: John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfeld and Michael Lang. Lang had organized the successful Miami Music Festival in 1968 and Kornfeld was the youngest vice president at Capitol Records. Roberts and Rosenman were […]
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Baby Boomers
Find out more about the huge – and hugely influential – generation of Americans born during the post-World War II period between 1946 and 1964.
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How 1968 East L.A. Student Walkouts Ignited the Chicano Movement
Thousands of Mexican American students participated in the ‘Blowout,’ the first urban, youth-led protest of the burgeoning Chicano civil rights crusade.
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