While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, performing spacewalks, and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural …

May 25, 2010 · The 1960s started off as the dawn of a golden age to most Americans. On January 20, 1961, the handsome and charismatic John F. Kennedy became president of the United States.

Oct 14, 2016 · On Aug 7, Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing Pres. Johnson to wage war against North Vietnam without a formal Declaration of War. After North Vietnam goes into …

Mar 6, 2020 · The 1960s began with vibrant leaders like JFK but saw tragic assassinations, including JFK and MLK. President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act but faced backlash over the growing …

The decade of the 1960s has been called one of the most turbulent in all of American history.

February 1, 1960 - Four black college students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, North Carolina stage a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth lunch counter, protesting their …

While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, performing spacewalks, and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural …

From moon landings to marches for justice, each moment carried a force that forever altered America’s cultural, political, and emotional landscape. This collection revisits 16 defining events that didn’t just …

The 1960s was a decade when hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans gave new life to the nation's democratic ideals. African Americans used sit-ins, freedom rides, and protest marches to …

Forty years after it ended, the 1960s remains the most consequential and controversial decade of the twentieth century. It would dawn bright with hope and idealism, see the liberal state attain its …