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Judy Butler, University of West Georgia Pamela Roach, North Cobb High School
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Sports Tommy Smith & John Carlos Summer Olympics Oct 16 Elvin Hayes & Lew Alcindor 1 st TV NCAA, Jan 20 Arthur Ashe US Open, Sept 9 Peggy Fleming Winter Olympics Feb 10 1 st Special Olympics Jul 20
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Technology 747, Sept 30 ATM, Jun 16 Mouse & Word Processor, Dec 9 Apollo 7, Oct 11 Apollo 8 Orbits Moon, Dec 24
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Pop Culture Smothers Brothers 3 rd season premiere, Sept 9 Hair, Apr 29 Mister Rogers Neighborhood, Feb 19 PG, Nov 1 60 Minutes, Sept 24 Cattle Auction, Sept 7 Music….
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–Cash, Folsom Prison –Franklin, RESPECT –Simon & Garfunkel, Mrs. Robinson –Country Joe & the Fish, I feel like I’m fixin’ to Die –CCR, Run through the jungle & Fortunate Son –See Modern Maturity website for list of Best of
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African American Achievement Shirley Chisholm, Nov 5 Arthur Ashe Julian Bond, Aug 28 Dick Gregory
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Assasination Martin Luther King Jr. April 4 Robert F Kennedy June 5
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Politics Jeannette Rankin Brigade, Jan 15 LBJ, no reelection Mar 31 Civil Rights Act, Apr 11 Earl Warren announces retirement Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Jul 1 DNC – Chicago, Aug 28 riots “Czechago” Nixon elected Nov 5
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Student Riots Columbia, Apr 23 University of Michigan University of Wisconsin National Turn in Your Draft Card Day Nov 14
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Vietnam War Tet Offensive, Jan 31 Most Died in 1968 My Lai Massacre, March 16
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International Prague Spring ends Aug 20 Brezhnev Doctrine, Nov 13 Saddam Hussein, Ba’ath Party coup d’etat Jul 17
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Well Was it the best of times or the worst of times?
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Modern Maturity, May/June 2008 issue
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Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the ’60s and Today
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Britannica Book of the Year 1969: The Events of 1968
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