Class of 1965
1965
Price of a Gallon of Gas: $ .30
Average In-State CA College Tuition: Free
Price of a Big Mac: Big Macs weren’t invented until 1967!
What was new in innovation, culture and education?
Hypertext, Optical digital recording and AstroTurf.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads civil rights march in Alabama from Selma to Montgomery, The Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote becomes law, Operation Rolling Thunder Launched In Vietnam, St. Louis, Gateway Arch is completed, First year mandated health warnings appeared on cigarette packs.
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is passed as Part of Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty," providing federal funds to help low-income students, resulting in the initiation of educational programs such as Title I and bilingual education. Project Head Start, also begins and continues to this day as the longest-running anti-poverty program in the U.S.