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How 2018 would transport Americans back to 1968
A guest editorial recalls 1968 as a year of global tumult and social upheaval. It cites the Olympic Black Power salute, Star Trek’s interracial kiss, the Chicago Democratic Convention protests, Boeing’s 747 and NASA moon orbit milestones, and the Tet Offensive, framing 1968 as a turning point echoed in later decades.
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Pearl Harbor
Mexico City
America
Uhura
Robbins
Nichelle Nichols
Kirk
William Shatner
Boeing
NASA
Chicago
Lyndon Johnson
Vietnam