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The Sixties · Major Events

The Sixties: Major Events

The decade that changed America. From Kennedy’s New Frontier and the brink of nuclear war over Cuba, through Johnson’s Great Society and the triumphs of the civil rights movement, to the deepening war in Vietnam and the upheaval at home — the events of the 1960s, year by year.

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