In the early years of the 1960's, most families were close. They followed a traditional style where the husband would work, the wife would stay home, and the children were respectable and well brought up. Negro families were about the same except they had rougher lives and faced discrimination, something not many people knew about at the time.

African American men and women all over the country were s

In 1967, the structure of the normal American family had gotten really bad. Parents had pregnant teenagers, dead soldiers, and anti-war hippies. Drugs were used very often with the Hippies and also caused many early deaths such as Janis Joplin and others.

Much of the 60's turmoil happened in the year 1968. Northwest University was taken over by protesting students. President Johnson rejected renomination, which opened the spotlight for Robert Kennedy. Kennedy who had a great chance to win was killed after a speech. In the same year Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Tennessee. Both of these deaths greatly changed the outcome of following years. In 1969, Woodstock, an all musical event, took place and was a major gathering for hippies everywhere. It was also the year of

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