THE SIXTIES

PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

• Took steps to endorse the Civil Rights Movement
• Assassinated during presidency
• Many civil rights activists lost hope after JFK was murdered

PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON

• Elected after Kennedy's assassination
• Continued to support the Civil Rights Movement
• Signed law banning segregation
• Went to war with Vietnam

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

• Leader of the Civil Rights Movement
• Delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
• Assassinated for speaking out against racism

VIETNAM WAR

• Americans went to war with Vietnam.
• The war lasted for a long time also resulting in the Tet Offensive.
• Many Americans protested the war and Johnson's decision to continue fighting.

ROBERT F. KENNEDY

• Ran in the election against Hubert Humphrey.
• Assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan

MLK ASSASSINATION

• After the assassinations of JFK and Robert Kennedy, MLK was murdered.
• The Civil Rights Movement continued.
• His assassination devastated African American activists.

THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE

• Written by Betty Friedan
• Sparked the feminist movement of the 1960s
• Questioned society's standards for women and challenged the common housewife role

STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY

• Protested against the American government and the Vietnam war
• Did not respect women's participation in the protests and liberal conventions

FEMINIST MOVEMENT

• The 60s was also a new era for women; Betty Friedan's book sparked the desire for women's equality and the questioning of common "women's roles."

THE NEW YOUTH

• The youth in the 60s began a new movement: things such as drugs and sex were not viewed strictly by this generation
• The youth who shared these "relaxed" views were often referred to as hippies

WHY THESE IMAGES WERE CHOSEN

• Since JFK was elected and assassinated, new movements in the 1960s and new views were on the rise from the Civil Rights Movement to the Feminist Movement to the views of a new generation.
• Each movement may not be directly related, but they all played a major role in society in the 1960s and inspired future events.