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Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's studio Playtone, the 10-part series chronicled events and popular culture of the United States during the 1960s. [ 1 ] The premiere of The Sixties was a ratings success for CNN; it was seen by 1.39 million total viewers, [ citation needed ] finishing in between Fox News Channel and MSNBC in total ...
In 1960, WSLS presented the news with a different picture of the Democratic party on October 7 on the evening news. Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy and Republican rival Richard Nixon were both stumping in Virginia. Several key Democrats were backing up Kennedy, including Governor Lindsay Almond and state party chair Sidney Kellam.
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s catalyzed the end of this Democratic Party coalition of interests by magnetizing Black voters to the Democratic label and simultaneously ending White supremacist control of the Democratic Party apparatus. [16] A series of court decisions, rendering primary elections as public instead of private events ...
“It was only when the Democratic Party took up the mantle of civil rights in the mid to late 1960s that Black support for the Party coalesced into the reliable Democratic voting bloc we know ...
1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s; ... The Swiss Family Robinson (1975 TV series) Sword of Justice (TV series) T. Then Came Bronson; Three for the Road ...
In 1968, Johnson saw his overwhelming coalition of 1964 disintegrate. Liberal and moderate Republicans returned to their party, and supported Richard Nixon for the GOP nomination. George Wallace pulled off the majority of Southern whites, for a century the core of the Solid South in the Democratic Party.
The decade of the 1970s saw significant changes in television programming in both the United Kingdom and the United States.The trends included the decline of the "family sitcoms" and rural-oriented programs to more socially contemporary shows and "young, hip and urban" sitcoms in the United States and the permanent establishment of colour television in the United Kingdom.
Founded in 1828, the Democratic Party is the oldest active voter-based political party in the world. The party has changed significantly during its nearly two centuries of existence. Once known as the party of the "common man", the early Democratic Party stood for individual rights and state sovereignty, and opposed banks and high tariffs.