Bbc culture the 1968 scifi that spookily predicted today. In the first of bbc cultures new series on fiction that predicted the future, hephzibah anderson looks at. How the fourth of july was celebrated and protested in 1968. In this video, tom brokaw presents the causes, details, and legacy of the pivotal year 1968. Hoover institution senior fellow elizabeth cobbs and mark kramer, program director of harvard universitys project on cold war studies, discuss the cold war as part of cspans 1968. In 1968, the country seemed to be having a nervous breakdown as battles erupted over the vietnam war, cultural values and race. Only hours earlier king ended his final speech with the words, i may not get there with you, but i want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to th. A halfcentury ago, much of the world appeared to be in a state of crisis, with protests around the world, the vietnam war, and the assassinations of dr. April 4 is the 94th day of the year 95th in leap years in the gregorian calendar.
Elizabeth cobbs and mark kramer on the cold war in 1968. How the fourth of july was celebrated and protested in 1968 headlines from the new york times reveal how the nation and the world commemorated. The 15 best albums of 1968 fifty years ago, a historically difficult year produced historically important music from the beatles, stones, hendrix, aretha, and more. In 1968, students in mexico city challenged the countrys government. The electric koolaid acid test by tom wolfe 1968 4th printing hardcover book. It was a year of seismic social and political change across the globe.
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