Civil Rights Movement

Cold War episode 14 – Make Love, not War: The Sixties – As the Western economies experienced growth and prosperity during the mid-20th century, a significant portion of this success was fueled by the production of armaments. This era saw young people rejecting the affluence of their parents’ generation and the political tensions of the Cold War. Many among the youth chose to protest and rebel, resulting in a surge of countercultural movements. In the United States, inner cities were plagued by racial violence, while rock music emerged as the voice of a disenchanted generation.     Entering the 1960s […]