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cachukis

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7. Where does one start?
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:38 PM
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The Civil Rights Act broke down doors in schools, voting booths and employment. The women's movement gained momentum that allowed for an independence with rights that had been exclusionary. Like credit. Birth control, the Pill, created a sexual revolution. The draft, was challenged and eventually cancelled.
The protests against the establishment opened doors in myriad ways.
The button downed mind of what was, was upended by the children of the generation that grew up in the depression and fought the fascists.

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