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  1. 1960s - Wikipedia

    While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, performing spacewalks, and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the …

  2. 1960s - Wikiwand

    While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, performing spacewalks, and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the …

  3. Digital History - University of Houston

    The 1960s was a decade when hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans gave new life to the nation's democratic ideals. African Americans used sit-ins, freedom rides, and protest marches …

  4. U.S. Timeline, 1960-1969 - America's Best History

    February 1, 1960 - Four black college students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, North Carolina stage a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth lunch counter, …

  5. Vintage Photos That Show Life in the ‘Swinging Sixties’ - 24/7 Tempo

    Sep 25, 2025 · We have uncovered many photos from the '60s, showing what life was like from just about every angle. You'll see photos of what people did for fun, the interior and exterior of …

  6. The Sixties | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

    Forty years after it ended, the 1960s remains the most consequential and controversial decade of the twentieth century. It would dawn bright with hope and idealism, see the liberal state attain …

  7. The 60s - ThoughtCo

    The 1960s were characterized by culture clashes and conflict, but also saw great progress with regard to social and environmental issues. Learn about the most important figures and events …

  8. The Sixties - Key Events - Annenberg Learner

    As the American character begins to take shape in the early seventeenth century, English settlements develop in New England and Virginia. Their personalities are dramatically …

  9. 1960s: Counterculture and Civil Rights Movement | HISTORY

    Behind the modern fairground of turkey legs and jousting knights is a 1960s vision of counterculture. Flag burning has long tested the limits of freedom of speech. The competition …

  10. The 1960s History - Events, Timeline & Facts | HISTORY

    May 25, 2010 · The 1960s started off as the dawn of a golden age to most Americans. On January 20, 1961, the handsome and charismatic John F. Kennedy became president of the …