The Turbulent Sixties - An essay about the turbulent 1960s decade and black civil rights.

The 1960s was a wild decade all around the world. It was a time of change, the "baby boom" generation was reaching adulthood, the culture of the time promoted sex, drugs and rock and roll, and civil rights issues were tearing the United States of America apart. Three major civil rights issues nearly tore the nation apart in the 1960s. Desegregation of the public school system had the end result of integrating black and white …

…color and other ethnic minority groups began to ask for rights which they thought were theirs. The sixties introduced the program of affirmative action which helped give minorities a much needed edge in the workplace, so much thou that now it is no longer needed. This decade cannot be thrown away in the history of America, the society of our country was changed radically that the future was dynamically shaped in a short ten years.