1960s
The decade of the 1960’s started with a feeling of hope that was to be short lived. The decade began in the United States with John F. Kennedy being elected President of the United States. Kennedy brought with him optimism for the future of the country as well as the world. Within a few years, President Kennedy had been assassinated and … Keep Reading → disenchantment was growing. The civil rights movement was operating in full force. President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that offered new protection and rights to minorities. By the end of the decade Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy had been assassinated and the Vietnam War was starting to be viewed as a mistake that was worsening by the day. The Six Days War that took place in the Middle East led to the expansion of Israel. This would mark the beginning of a new chapter in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
