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1969: Urban America is still recovering from the race riots that devastated Baltimore, Boston, Kansas City, Newark, Chicago, Washington D.C., Detroit, and other cities the previous summer, following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Today: Many civil rights organizations continue to try to combat racial inequities in America.
1969: Many American youths of all social classes are united in their opposition to the war in Vietnam, creating a “youth culture” that spreads hippie styles, music, and slogans.
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