Refer To: HIPA
Addressing the Quiet Crisis: Origins of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 By Richard F. Weingroff One option not available is to disassociate and insulate our activities from the sweep of events in America today. To pretend otherwise would be the depth of self- delusion. Lowell K. Bridwell Federal Highway Administrator December 1968 The Sixties When historians give a nickname to a decade, such as the Roaring 20’s, the nickname usually doesn’t apply from the first day of the decade to the last. That is the case with “The Sixties.” That nickname evokes images and ideas that evolved during the decade. Perhaps, “The Sixties” began with the shock, sadness, and outrage following the death of President John F. Kennedy. On November 22, 1963, the American people lost, or may have lost, their faith that the United States was a Nation under vigorous leadership marching toward a New Frontier, as Kennedy had called it. Instead, the Nation was engaged in a complex detective story—who really killed the President?—with no quick end in sight. The search for the truth would contribute to a growing sense that our leaders cannot be trusted. Or perhaps “The Sixties” began, less than 3 months after the assassination, when the Beatles appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” on February 9, 1964, and two succeeding Sundays, their first live television performances in the United States. The appearances continued rock and roll’s assault on the generational divide that had begun when Elvis Presley appeared on the same show on October 28, 1956, demonstrating to millions of teenagers that their parents were not reliable music critics.
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