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17 hours ago · What happened in 1968? The year 1968 was a tumultuous and decisive inflection point in the history of the US. The events of that year exposed the deep contradictions at the heart of American ...
13 hours ago · Protests can produce an electoral backlash. "The lesson of 1968 is that while the fireworks are on the left, the votes are on the right," James Traub said at The Wall Street Journal. Biden's best ...
3 hours ago · 1968 was a year of nearly unprecedented turmoil in the U.S. While the news cycle — especially online and across social media — can feel tumultuous and relentless these days, historians stress that 1968 was a uniquely turbulent year in American politics and society.
3 hours ago · But the dynamics of the wars and the scopes of the protests against them are very different, historians say. For one, the U.S. sent troops directly into Vietnam, starting in 1965. Nearly 500,000 ...
1 day ago · The 1968 United States presidential election was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968. The Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon , defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey , and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George ...
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Mar 31, 2023 · The long official story line of the civil rights movement runs from Montgomery to Memphis, from the 1955 bus boycott that introduced Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) to the nation, to the final 1968 struggle where an assassin stole his life.
3 days ago · The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.
