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Sit in
Emmett Taylor's father participated in sit-ins.
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Civil Rights March
Michael Herlihy was watching this on the television The picture below is of the civil rights march -
JFK assassination
Katie, Michael, and emmett were watching the funeral on the television. The photo was taken moments before kennedy was assassinated -
Newport Folk & Jazz festival
Michael, Sarah, and Kenny were a the festival. The image is of Bob Dylan preforming at the Newport Folk & Jazz festival. Instead of playing his usual acoustic sound, he played an electric guitar -
Watts Riots
Emmett participated in the riots.
The picture shows what happened at the riots. Many African Americans were braking into stores and other places to take what they wanted. -
Summer of Love
Katie participated in the Summer of Love. The summer of love took place in the summer of 1967 and was a time when counterculture and the hippie movement became popular. This picture shows how hippies dressed in the summer of love -
March against the Vietnam war
Sarah, kenny, and Michael all participated in this event. The picture shows where the crowd met the line of soldiers at the march against the war. The people were putting flowers in the barrels of the soldiers guns. This march took place in at the pentagon. National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organized this event -
Lyndon B. Johnson's big announcement
Michael, Brian, and Sarah watched this event.
President LBJ announces that he will not be running for president. This was due to an illness which no one really knew of at that time. -
Robert Kennedy assassinated
Michael witnessed the event on television.
The picture is taken moments after Kennedy was shot on live television. -
Woodstock
Michael, Brian, Kenny, and Sarah were at the event. The picture shows just how crowded this music festival was.
