1. THE SIXTIES

2. A Time for Change
Social
Political
World

3. Civil Rights Movement Began in 1954
Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education
Separate is inherently unequal
Started the Era of the 1960’s
Began a massive movement for social change.
1st major action was the Montgomery Bus Boycott
“Ended” with the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King JR in 1968
Although the movement has never ‘ended’ the massive movement of the 1960’s ended with Dr King’s death.

4. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Elected 1960
Seen as American Royalty
Brother Bobby appointed as Attorney General
Married to Jackie
Had major conflicts during his Presidency
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam
Assassinated November 22, 1963

5. Becomes President after Kennedy is assassinated.
Lyndon B Johnson
Becomes President after Kennedy is assassinated.
War on Poverty
Great Society
Vietnam

6. The New Left Became the Radical Movement of the 1960’s SDS
Anti War Movement
The Weathermen
1968 Convention

7. Conservative Movement
Young Americans for Freedom
Law and Order
William F Buckley and the National Review

8. Riots and War
Riots
Watts
Detroit
Washington DC
Vietnam War Continues