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History of the 20th century. Volume 8, 1965-1969

Uses archival photographs, sound recordings, and film footage to explore world events, sports, life-styles, and scientific achievements during 1965-1969. Covers LBJ over Goldwater; the election of Nixon and Agnew; demonstrations against the Vietnam War; violence at the 1968 Democratic Convention; the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.; increase in the use of LSD; the moon landing of Apollo 11; the Marines in the Dominican Republic; Mayor Daley; Muhammad Ali; the Black Panthers; Haight-Asbury; Stokely Carmichael; Peggy Fleming winning the gold medal; the Mets over Baltimore in the 1969 World Series sweep.

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