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The 1960’s. A Time of War, Protest, & Change. The Movements. The Civil Rights Movement Later, the Black Power Movement The Antiwar Movement The Women’s Movement The Environmental Movement. Timeline of the Sixties. 1960 Eisenhower is the current U.S. president - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The 1960’sA Time of War, Protest, &
Change
The Movements
The Civil Rights Movement Later, the Black Power Movement
The Antiwar Movement
The Women’s Movement
The Environmental Movement
Timeline of the Sixties
1960 Eisenhower is the current U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon take part
in the first televised debate Democrats Kennedy & Johnson defeat
Republicans Nixon & Lodge in the presidential election
Student sit-in protests spread throughout the South (Civil Rights Movement)
The First Televised Debate
Clip from the 1st 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Held on September 26, 1960, it was the first presidential debate between two opposing political parties as well as the first one to be televised. Television audiences thought Kennedy won the debate by a landslide, while radio audiences thought Nixon won it by a landslide. Nixon appeared emaciated, unhealthy, and awkward, while Kennedy appeared handsome, tanned and confident.
The Greensboro Sit-Ins
Timeline of the Sixties
1961 The U.S. breaks off diplomatic relations with
Cuba Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the
first human being to orbit the earth The Bay of Pigs Invasion fails The Freedom Riders begin their trip to
confront segregation The Berlin Wall is built
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Timeline of the Sixties
1962 Astronaut John Glenn orbits the earth Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is published, warning
of the dangers of DDT James Meredith becomes the first black to enroll at
the University of Mississippi, forcing the Kennedy Administration to send U.S. marshals and troops to protect him
The twist becomes a dancing rage Bob Dylan’s first published song appears Cold War tensions come to a boil during the Cuban
Missile Crisis
Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan
How many roads must a man walk downBefore you call him a man?Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove
sailBefore she sleeps in the sand?Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon
balls flyBefore they're forever banned?The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the
wind,The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many years can a mountain existBefore it's washed to the sea?Yes, 'n' how many years can some people
existBefore they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the
wind,The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many times must a man look upBefore he can see the sky?Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man
haveBefore he can hear people cry?Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till
he knowsThat too many people have died?The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the
wind,The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Cuban Missile Crisis
President Kennedy addresses the nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis
Timeline of the Sixties
1963 Kennedy introduces the most extensive civil rights bill since
Reconstruction Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique is published The first of several Buddhist monks immolates himself in
South Vietnam to protest religious persecution Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered The U.S., Soviet Union, and Great Britain sign a test ban
treaty halting all above-ground nuclear testing The March on Washington occurs, culminating wit Martin
Luther King, Jr’s famous “I have a dream” speech 80,000 black Mississippians vote in “Freedom Ballot” South Vietnamese President Ngo Ding Diem is murdered President Kennedy is assassinated; Lyndon Johnson becomes
President Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of assassinating JFK, is
murdered by Jack Ruby
March on Washington
Johnson is sworn into Office
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Timeline of the Sixties
1964 The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” becomes #1 song
and the group makes its U.S. TV debut on the Ed Sullivan show
The Autobiography of Malcolm X is published Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law Barry Goldwater becomes Republican nominee for president Major riots occur in Harlem, NY Mississippi Freedom Summer Project begins Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing
“all necessary measures” to “prevent further aggression” by North Vietnam
Congress passes the Equal Opportunity Act as part of his War on Poverty Program
MLK wins the Nobel Peace Prize Lyndon Johnson wins a landslide election
I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles
Oh yeah, I'll tell you something,I think you'll understand.When I'll say that somethingI want to hold your hand,I want to hold your hand,I want to hold your hand.Oh please, say to meYou'll let me be your manAnd please, say to meYou'll let me hold your hand.Now let me hold your hand,I want to hold your hand.And when I touch you I feel happy inside.It's such a feeling that my loveI can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide.
Yeah, you've got that something,I think you'll understand.When I'll say that somethingI want to hold your hand,I want to hold your hand,I want to hold your hand.And when I touch you I feel happy inside.It's such a feeling that my loveI can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide.Yeh, you've got that something,I think you'll understand.When I'll feel that somethingI want to hold your hand,I want to hold your hand,I want to hold your hand.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Timeline of the Sixties
1965 Malcolm X is assassinated Johnson orders bombing raids on North Vietnam On “Bloody Sunday,” Alabama state police storm civil rights
marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Johnson sends the first U.S. infantry troops, the 9th Marine
Expeditionary Brigade, to Vietnam U.S. marines are sent to the Dominican Republic to help the
military regime repel the return of reformist Juan Bosch to power 20,000 attend a rally in Washington, DC against the Vietnam War Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law Major black riot erupts in the Watts section of LA Nguyen Cao Ky is appointed premier of South Vietnam The Rolling Stones’ song “Satisfaction” reaches #1 Bob Dylan “goes electric” at the Newport Folk Festival
Timeline of the Sixties
1965 Continued… The largest draft call since the Korean War is
issued 1st draft card is burned at a NY protest;
Congress responds by passing a law making draft-card burning a crime
The Vietnam Day Committee organizes the 1st International Days of Protest against the war; more than 100,000 protest in over 40 states
A halt in the bombing of North Vietnam is ordered for Christmas
The Beginning of the Anti-War Movement
Bob Dylan Goes Electric
Timeline of the Sixties
1966 The bombing of North Vietnam resumes as “peace
efforts” fail Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman J.
Williams Fulbright opens hearings on the Vietnam War 50,000 attend the 2nd International Day of Protest in
NYC; nationwide participation doubles Black riots erupt in Cleveland, Brooklyn, and Chicago 20,000 march down NYC’s 5th Ave in antiwar protest National Organization of Women (NOW) is established MLK leads an antidiscrimination march in Chicago and
is stoned by the hostile crowd Black Panther Party is founded in Oakland, CA
Timeline of the Sixties
1966 Continued… Striking CA farm workers march 250 miles to
Sacramento A sit-in takes place at the Dow Chemical
Company, manufacturer of napalm and Agent Orange
Ronald Reagan is elected governor of CA The U.S. troop level in Vietnam reaches
320,000
NOW is Founded by Betty Friedan
The Black Panther Party
Timeline of the Sixties
1967 Over 100,000 attend an antiwar demonstration in NYC
organized by the Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam; MLK and others condemn the war, while over 70 students burn their draft cards in Central Park
65,000 march in a similar demonstration in San Francisco Muhammed Ali is stripped of his heavyweight boxing
crown for resisting the draft The “Summer of Love” attracts many young people to
San Francisco; Scott McKenzie’s song “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)” becomes a hit
The Monterey Pop Festival takes place
Timeline of the Sixties
1967 Continued… The “long hot summer” begins with a black riot in
Boston’s Roxbury section. Massive riots in Newark and Detroit leave many dead and millions of dollars of damage
The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band” becomes hit album
Che Guevara is killed in Bolivia American troop levels in Vietnam reach 460,000; U.S.
deaths in Vietnam total 13,000 Over 100,000 attend the March on the Pentagon in
Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Against the War form The movie The Graduate is released
MLK Condemns War in Vietnam
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair
If you're going to San FranciscoBe sure to wear some flowers in your hairIf you're going to San FranciscoYou're gonna meet some gentle people there
For those who come to San FranciscoSummertime will be a love-in thereIn the streets of San FranciscoGentle people with flowers in their hair
All across the nation such a strange vibrationPeople in motionThere's a whole generation with a new explanationPeople in motion people in motion
For those who come to San FranciscoBe sure to wear some flowers in your hairIf you come to San FranciscoSummertime will be a love-in there
If you come to San FranciscoSummertime will be a love-in there
Summer of Love
Timeline of the Sixties
1968 U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo is captured off North Korea Johnson calls up 14,787 Air Force and Navy reservists The massive Vietcong Tet Offensive begins Eugene McCarthy stuns by finishing a close second to
Johnson in the New Hampshire primary Robert Kennedy announces his candidacy for president Johnson reveals he will not run for a second term as
president MLK is assassinated 100,000 march in NYC Hubert Humphrey announces his candidacy for president
Timeline of the Sixties
1968 Continued… The Poor People’s Campaign establishes Resurrection City in
Washington, DC The Vietnam War peace talks open in Paris Robert Kennedy is assassinated at the end of a successful CA
primary campaign Vietnam War becomes longest war in U.S. history Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew gain the Republican
nomination The Democratic presidential convention in Chicago nominates
Hubert Humphrey amidst massive demonstrations organized by antiwar groups and the Youth International party (Yippies); street disorders and police brutality ensue while demonstrators chant “the whole world is watching.”
Women’s liberation activists picket the Miss America pageant G.I.’s and vets hold a peace march in San Francisco Richard Nixon is elected president by a close margin
Walter Cronkite on Vietnam
Walter Cronkite on MLK Death
Women’s Liberation Groups Protest Miss America
Timeline of the Sixties
1969 American troop levels in Vietnam reach a peak of 542,000 10,000 march against the tide on Pennsylvania Ave
during a “Counterinaugural” protest Easy Rider is released President Nixon authorizes the development of an anti-
ballistic missile system against the prevailing advice of scientists
A Gallup poll shows 58% of Americans oppose the Vietnam War
Neil Armstong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon Woodstock rock concerts occur
Timeline of the Sixties
1969 Continued… The Vietnam Moratorium Day is observed by
millions of Americans in thousands of cities, towns, and campuses across the country
The New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes the March Against Death in Washington; about 500,000 protestors attend week-long demonstrations
The first draft lottery of the decade is held A young black youth is killed by Hell’s Angels
during a Rolling Stones concert at Altamont The Charles Manson gang kills in LA
Man Walks on Moon
Woodstock Acts
Joan Baez
Arlo Guthrie
Tim Hardin
Incredible String Band
Ravi Shankar
Richie Havens
Sly and the Family Stone
Bert Sommer
Sweetwater
Quill
Canned Heat
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jefferson Airplane
The Who
Grateful Dead
Keef Hartley
Band Blood, Sweat
and Tears
Crosby, Stills & Nash (&Young)
Santana
The Band
Ten Years After
Johnny Winter
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Joe Cocker
Mountain
Melanie
Sha-Na-Na
John Sebastian
Country Joe and the Fish
Paul Butterfield
Blues Band
Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock—Purple Haze
Timeline of the Sixties
1970 A University of Wisconsin Reserve Officers Training Corps
(ROTC) building is fire-bombed, beginning a wave of some 500 bombings or arsons on college campuses
3 are killed when a Greenwich Village townhouse is destroyed by bomb being constructed by the Weatherman
The 1st Earth Day is held with environmental celebrations nationwide
75,000 rally against the war on Boston Common The Shea-Wells Bill passes the Massachusetts
legislature, enabling Massachusetts men to refuse combat duty in the absence of a declaration of war
Timeline of the Sixties
1970 Continued… Nixon announces the “incursion” of U.S. combat
troops into Cambodia; an average of 20 campuses initiate strikes each days after Nixon’s announcement
Four students are killed by the National Guard at a Kent State University protest
2 black students are killed and 9 wounded by police gunfire at Jackson State College in Mississippi
30 ROTC buildings are burned or bombed during the 1st week in May
100,000 in Washington, DC protest the invasion of Cambodia
Timeline of the Sixties
1970 Continued… Striking students converge on the Capitol to lobby for
passage of the Cooper-Church and Hatfield-McGovern amendments to cut off funding for the Cambodian invasion and all Southeast Asian operations
U.S. troops withdraw from Cambodia 25,000 attend the National Chicano Moratorium
antiwar demonstration in LA The Army Mathematics Research Center, an object of
antiwar protests at the University of Wisconsin, is blown up during the nights, killing a graduate student
Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin die of drug overdoses
Kent State Shootings
The Vietnam War
Important Vocabulary to Know: Viet Cong: Ho Chi Minh: Ngo Dinh Diem Nguyen Van Thieu Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Tet Offensive