The Decade of the 1960s

The decade of the sixties was a national roller coaster ride of great hope and terrible despair." (Kronenwetter ,11). This was the time in America when American society began to influence events that still shape our modern society today. It was a time of President Johnson's inaugural address when he declared an "unconditional war on poverty". During the sixties African Americans finally freed themselves from segregation, just as they were freed form slavery over a century ago. It was also the time of the Cold War when the United States and the Soviet union faced each other in angry hostili…