The Sixties has come to refer more than just a decade, but to the complex series of inter-related cultural and political events which occurred in  that period as well.  Social upheaval was not limited just America, but reached a  large scale in nations such as Japan, Mexico, and Canada as well. The term is used both nostalgically by those who participated in those events, and pejoratively by those who regard the time as a period whose harmful effects are still being felt today. The decade was also labeled the Swinging Sixties because of the libertine attitudes that emerged during the decade.

View samples of our 1960's interviews.