Books That Shaped a Decade
Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Price for this 1960 novel about Scout Finch and the trial that shakes her small Southern town.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This U.S. space agency, founded in 1958, led America's efforts to reach the Moon during the 1960s.
What is NASA?
This Detroit-based record label, founded by Berry Gordy, launched stars like Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, and Stevie Wonder.
What is Motown?
The short skirt style, made famous in the 1960s, became a symbol of youth culture.
What is the miniskirt?
This New York dairy farm became the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair.
What is Bethel, New York?
This 1967 novel by S.E. Hinton, written when she was a teenager, follows Ponyboy Curtis and the conflict between the Greasers and the Socs.
What is The Outsiders?
This 1969 mission successfully landed the first humans on the Moon, fulfilling a goal set earlier in the decade.
What is Apollo 11?
This legendary guitarist electrified the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival with his innovative style and on-stage theatrics.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
This famous British model, known for her thin frame and big eyes became a fashion icon of the decade.
Who is Twiggy?
This folk-rock trio, famous for "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", performed one of their first major concerts together at Woodstock.
Who are Crosby, Stills & Nash?
This 1965 science-fiction epic by Frank Herbert introduced readers to the desert planet Arrakis and the valuable spice trade.
What is Dune?
This 1968 mission, the first to orbit the Moon, sent back the famous "Earthrise" photograph and tested the navigation needed for a future lunar landing.
What is Apollo 8?
This 1967 single by Aretha Franklin, adapted from an Otis Redding song, became and anthem for both the civil rights and feminist movements.
What is Respect?
This style of tall, shiny footwear was popular with go-go dancers in the mid-1960s.
What are go-go boots?
This singer, known for her powerful blues voice, delivered a late-night set that included "Piece of My Heart".
Who is Janis Joplin?
This 1962 dystopian novel by Anthony Burgess features the violent young narrator Alex and a controversial government "rehabilitation" program.
What is A Clockwork Orange
This 1965 mission made astronaut Ed White the first American to perform a spacewalk, through the spacecraft later suffered a dangerous reentry tumble.
What is Gemini 4?
This folk singer's 1963 performance of "Blowin' in the Wind" at the March on Washington helped her cement her as the "Queen of Folk".
Who is Joan Baez?
These wide, flowing pants, popular with both men and women, became a staple of late-60s bohemian fashion.
What are bell-bottoms?
This band's set was so late, starting after midnight, that most of the crowd was asleep, yet their 11-song performance became one of the most acclaimed in the festival's history?
Who is The Who?
This 1961 novel by Joseph Heller coined the term for a no-win bureaucratic trap, following the absurd experiences of Captain John Yossarian.
What is Catch-22?
This U.S. program sent astronauts into space one at a time before the Gemini and Apollo missions expanded crew sizes.
What is Mercury?
This 1969 double album by The Beatles, recorded during a period of internal tension, includes the experimental sound collage "Revolution 9".
What is The White Album?
This style of jacket, often made of suede with fringer, became popular among counterculture groups in the late 60's.
What is a fringe jacket?
This band opened the festival, performing for nearly three hours because many other artists were stuck in traffic.
Who is Richie Havens?