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he Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. The…

Town Hall Meeting, 1/14/1968, Draft Resistance Rally [Town Hall, New York City]

American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, along with Australian Peter Norman, during the award ceremony of the 200 m race at the Mexican Olympic games. During the awards ceremony, Smith (center) and Carlos protested against racial…

Woman with IBM 403 Accounting Machine

Betty Friedan, author of Feminine Mystique

Young "hippie" standing in front of a row of National Guard soldiers, across the street from the Hilton Hotel at Grant Park, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, August 26, 1968

Published transcript of LBJ Address to Nation in April 1968 announcing a change in strategy in Vietnam in response to the Tet Offensive and his intention not to seek re-election.

Looking back on American sprinters', Tommie Smith and John Carlos, protest at the 1968 Olympics

Daily briefing to President regarding student protests in Mexico City in advance of Olympic Games

Marcelino Perelló at a Press Conference. Mexico, october the 6th, 1968.