“The Swinging Sixties” Is this a fair statement of the 1960â€(TM)s?

... "The Swinging Sixties" Is this a fair statement of the 1960's? The 60's decade is often seen as a time of optimism and a youth led cultural change seen throughout the west. It follows the decade before, the 50's, which was seen as a very conservative and probably, best known for the Cold War. The 60's were a complete contrast to this however; many governments, which were once led by right wing conservatives, shifted to the left for example John F Kennedy in the United States. However in Great Britain a conservative government remained and this began the rise of younger generations rebelling against the norms and materialistic fashions of the time and began to set their own trends. The 60's had many positives mainly because of the shift in political ideologies, the racist attitudes of generations before where being challenged, and public figures such as Martin Luther King began to

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