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1
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1950s and 1960s

Young people

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Emergence of the teenager and youth culture

The 60s generation of young people were discontent with popular optimism and the rigid social conventions of the 50s

2
Q

1960s

Black civil rights

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1964 civil rights act outlawed racial segregation in schools, work, public places
1965 black people given the right to vote

3
Q

1960s

When was homosexuality legalised?

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1967

4
Q

1970s

When did the gay pride movement and gay liberation marches start?

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1970

5
Q

1970s

When was the first UK Women’s Liberation Conference?

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1970

6
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2000s

Gay rights

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Equal adoption rights for gay couples

2014: first gay marriages held in England and Wales