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KEITH NEWMAN
Keith Newman was born the year Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. It was the 1950s, when being called a Communist could ruin one’s livelihood. It was easy to see what issues would affect his life. In the 1960’s, as the author came of age, he watched on Television as Blacks and those who supported them, faced death by bombing, by burning, by assassination, as they campaigned for the right to vote. He watched the nation become divided as the United States entered the Vietnam War with large numbers of American casualties. Exposed to racists like George Wallace, war mongrels like Barry Goldwater, and outright deceit by Richard Nixon; Newman, instead of trusting the adults who ran his world, learned to “Question Authority.” This book is the story of that journey.
The events of this era and the culture they created, the wonderful music of the ‘60s and early ‘70s inspired Newman to become a History Teacher. He taught in both urban and rural environments. He and his wife of 38 years are now retired educators living in Maine with their two dogs; Maggie May and Layla: And their cat, Cinnamon Girl.
Keith Newman
GROWING UP SIXTIES
The Sixties were a decade of change. The decade began with a President’s dream of landing a man on the moon. In the mid- sixties we learned of another dream: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” The decade ended with both of these dreamers being assassinated. The decade began with a nation united under its new President. The decade ended with the nation divided being led by the defeated candidate of the 1960 election. Growing Up Sixties explores it all.
“From Dylan to Hendrix, from Eisenhower to Nixon, if it happened in the Sixties, it’s inside this book.”
Keith Newman was born the year Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. It was the 1950s, when being called a Communist could ruin one’s livelihood. It was easy to see what issues would affect his life. In the 1960’s, as the author came of age, he watched on Television as Blacks and those who supported them, faced death by bombing, by burning, by assassination, as they campaigned for the right to vote.