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Dreaming In The 1960s
In 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said his most famous
words: "I have a dream." He was not the only one who felt
this way. For many, the 1960s was a decade in which their
dreams about America might be fulfilled. For Martin Luther
King Jr., this was a dream of a truly equal America; for
John F. Kennedy, it was a dream of a young vigorous
nation that would put a man on the moon; and for the hippy
movement, it was one of love, peace, and freedom. The
1960s was a tumultuous decade of social and political
upheaval. We are still confronting many social issues that
were addressed in
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