The 1960s
Byron Boyd

1:00-2:00 pm | Mondays, January 27 through March 3

$50/$90 for the series or pay $10/$15 per lecture at the door

1960 – 1961

Monday, January 27

The decade dawns with Civil Rights sit-ins in the South and the international conflict known as the Bay of Pigs.

1961 – 1963

Monday, February 3

The most visible feature of the Soviet Bloc is the Berlin Wall, while the March on Washington grabs the attention of the nation.

1963 – 1964

Monday, February 10

The assassination of John F. Kennedy opens the way to Lyndon Johnson’s New Society.

1965 – 1966

Monday, February 17

American society is wracked by racial stresses, coming into focus in Selma. The Chinese Cultural Revolution fixes global attention on Asia.

1967 – 1968

Monday, February 24

There is an escalation of the war in Vietnam, accompanied by domestic protests and punctuated by the Tet Offensive.

1968 – 1969

Monday, March 3

After an election campaign marked by chaos and violence, the nation turns the page to the Nixon Administration and witnesses the first human to walk on the moon.