American History: The 1960s, a Decade That Changed a Nation
17 November 2011
Hippies gather in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in June 1967 to celebrate the start of summer. Here they keep a large ball, painted to represent a world globe, in the air.
STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember.
Today, we tell about life in the United States during the nineteen sixties.
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The nineteen sixties began with the election of the first president born in the twentieth century -- John Kennedy. For many Americans, the young president represented a spirit of hope for the nation. When Kennedy was murdered in nineteen sixty-three, many felt that their hopes died, too. This was especially true of young people, and members and supporters of minority groups.
A time of innocence and hope soon began to look like a time of anger and violence. More Americans protested to demand an end to the unfair treatment of black citizens. Many more protested to demand an end to the war in Vietnam. And many protested to demand full equality for women.
By the middle of the nineteen sixties, it had become almost impossible for President Lyndon Johnson to leave the White House without facing protesters against the war in Vietnam.
In March of nineteen sixty-eight, Johnson announced that he would not seek another term in office.
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