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For baby boomers, 1968 was a defining year, a year in which we, as a generation, lost our 1950's innocence. The assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy simply added another sickening dimension to President Kennedy's assassination four and a half years earlier.
President Kennedy had been assassinated at a time when, essentially, 1950's values were still in place and the shameful significance of the Viet Nam War was still unclear.
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Posts moved to Memoir Madness:
Outtake: 1968 –The Year that Shaped a Generation (Jennifer’s Viewpoint)
Outtake: 1968 –The Year that Shaped a Generation (Documentary)