Why did the world face growing social unrest in the 1960s?
Registering to VoteAfrican American residents of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, register to vote in 1964. The sign on the wall indicates that their names will be published in the newspaper for two consecutive weeks, making African Americans vulnerable to violent reprisals for registering to vote. (© 1976 Matt Herron/Take Stock/The Image Works)
IIN THE 1950S AND 1960S the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as both western and eastern Europe, rebounded economically from the combined strains of the Great Depression and the Second World War. But these decades of economic growth did not resolve underlying tensions and conflicts.