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The 1960's
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 between the Soviet Union which was aggravated by the
U-2 incident, the Berlin Wall construction, and the Cuban Missile Crisis,
along ....
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.... often resulted in violence. This violence
spilled across TV screens nationwide. The average, neutral American, after
seeing his/her TV screen, turned into a civil rights supporter (Ascher 36).
Black unity and white support continued to grow. In 1962, with the
first large-scale public protest against racial discrimination, Martin
Luther King, jr. gave a dramatic and inspirational speech in Washington,
D.C. after a long march of thousands to the capi ....
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