[ElkGroveDan]

I was only a kid, but the depiction of the 60s that best fit my memories were the Austin Powers movies.

[operation clinton cleanup]

The decade had begun on a high note. Initially, Americans accepted the Vietnam War as a larger struggle against communism. Optimism grew as Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act in the mid-60s. A counter-culture movement was also taking root. Young people, in particular, were denouncing the traditions and norms of the establishment. For this affluent and educated set, drugs and music, rather than violence, would change the world.

Is this how people really viewed the 60's, while it was happening?

[suzyjaruki]

"American Graffiti" fits my memory best.

[badgerlandjim]

I was born in 1942 and remember the sixties very well. My favorite memory is watching TV broadcasts of the 1968 Democratic National Convention being held in Chicago. I remember rooting for the Chicago cops every time they whapped another long-haired hippie protester with a billy-club. Heh-heh. Mean ol' SOB ain't I.