Category 1960’s

Riots

July 29, 1967 – Riots Across America – Riots In The Streets Of Wuhan – Vietcong Attacks In Saigon

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July 28, 1966 – Vietnam Update – Numbers, Spin, Body Bags – Repeat.

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Paul Paray with Arthur Rubinstein And The Detroit Symphony Play Music Of Wagner, Walton, Mozart, Tchaikovsky And Delius – 1960 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

Detroit Symphony – Paul Paray, Cond. – Arthur Rubinstein, Piano – January 7, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More history this week – a rare broadcast performance featuring the legendary pianist Arthur Rubinstein and the Detroit Symphony conducted by…

July 21, 1963 – George Wallace: ‘Some Of My Best Friends Are Negroes’ –

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Adlai Stevenson

July 19, 1965 – Farewell To Adlai – Vietnam Escalates

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Outside the convention

July 15, 1964 – GOP Convention – View From The Cow Palace: Sliding Off The Rails.

News for this day, at least in the U.S., had primarily to do with the Republican Convention and the selection of Barry Goldwater as Presidential Candidate. Long thought to be the turning point in the Republican Party, it actually began…

The Congo

July 12, 1960 – The Congo: In Another World . . .Madness. – A Convention Gets Underway.

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The Come Alive Generation

30 Minutes That Shaped A Generation – The Selling Of Youth Culture – Radio Commercials In The 60s – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Something interesting happened around the time of the British Invasion in the early 1960s’; teenagers in America were suddenly discovered to be a massive consumer market. Not that there hasn’t always been a goodly chunk of the population hovering under…

July 7, 1964 – A Word from RFK – Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy’s News Conference.

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Press Conference – July 7, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A Press Conference by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, from July 7, 1964. Given during the White House Seminar for Students employed in Washington…