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GROWING UP SIXTIES
Growing Up Sixties traces the cultural changes of the 1960’s: From people wearing their hair short, to people wearing their hair long, from Rockabilly, to RocknRoll, from Black and White TV to color TV. These occurrences are infused with the historical events that saw our nation move from peace to war, from Blacks not being able to vote, to the passage of the Voting Rights Act. These events and the conflict they created are explored in depth. The hidden truths behind these events shaped the person the author became.
Keith Newman was born the year Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. It was the 1950s, when being called a Communist could ruin one’s livelihood. It was easy to see what issues would affect his life. In the 1960’s, as the author came of age, he watched on Television as Blacks and those who supported them, faced death by bombing, by burning, by assassination, as they campaigned for the right to vote.
GROWING UP SIXTIES
The Sixties were a decade of change. The decade began with a President’s dream of landing a man on the moon. In the mid- sixties we learned of another dream: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” The decade ended with both of these dreamers being assassinated. The decade began with a nation united under its new President. The decade ended with the nation divided being led by the defeated candidate of the 1960 election. Growing Up Sixties explores it all.
“From Dylan to Hendrix, from Eisenhower to Nixon, if it happened in the Sixties, it’s inside this book.”
Keith Newman was born the year Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. It was the 1950s, when being called a Communist could ruin one’s livelihood. It was easy to see what issues would affect his life. In the 1960’s, as the author came of age, he watched on Television as Blacks and those who supported them, faced death by bombing, by burning, by assassination, as they campaigned for the right to vote.