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This Is Who We Were: In The 1960s

Table of Contents

Essay on the 1960s




Introduction




Section One: Profiles




Olympic Weightlifter, Washington, DC & Rome, Italy




Television Programmer, Los Angeles, CA




Automobile Salesman, Chicago, IL




Plumbing Salesman, Honolulu, HI




Civil Rights Pioneer, Charleston, SC




Baseball Barker, St. Louis, MO




Golf Caddie, Baltimore, MD




Record Producer, Memphis, TN




Investor and Art Collector, Baltimore, MD




Developmental Psychologist, Nashville, TN




Entrepreneur and Restructurer, Los Angeles, CA




Longshoreman, Portland, OR




Disillusioned Beatle Fan, Birmingham, AL




African-American Baseball Player, Washington, DC




Mexican Immigrant, Delano, CA




Daughter of Oil Executive, Sardinia, Italy & New Jersey




Artist, New York, NY




Super Glue Inventor, Kingsport, TN




Immigrant Medical Student, San Francisco, CA




Band Member, Myrtle Beach, SC




Woman Golf Pro, Ladies Professional Golf Tour




Ski Lodge Operators, Winter Park, CO




Electronics Worker, Memphis, TN




Student Body President, Rock Hill, SC




Native American Activist, Puget Sound, WA




Sex Education Advocate, US Education Environment




Civilian Antiwar Advocates, Vietnam Moratorium




Inventor of Sweet ’N Low, New York, NY




Vietnam War Bride, Saigon, Vietnam & Boston, MA




Record Producer, Nashville, TN




Section Two: Historical Snapshots




Early 1960s




Mid 1960s




Late 1960s




Section Three: Economy of the Times




Consumer Expeditures




Annual Income




Selected Prices




Value of a Dollar Index 1860-2012




Section Four: All Around Us—What We Saw, Wrote, Read ↦ Listened To




All Around Us—1960s.




Section Five: Census Data




State-by-State Comparative Tables




General Demographic Trends for Metropolitan Areas, 1960 to 1970




Bibliography