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Welcome to the 1960s in Michigan! It's a noisy time, filled with music, disagreement, shouts of joy and cries of despair. This gallery takes as its theme Pete Seeger's folk-rock song "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)," which took its lyrics from the Book of Ecclesiastes. As you explore this gallery, you will find different, often contradictory voices of people's recollections of the 1960s.

• A Time to Change addresses the 1961 Constitutional Convention.
• A Time to Dream talks about Michiganians' dreams for a better life.
• A Time to Question discusses civil rights, the status quo and the Vietnam War.
• A Time to Cry focuses on the violence of the decade.
• A Time to . . . illustrates healing events.
• A Time to Sing is the story of Michigan music.

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Note: This gallery includes information up to 1975.

Go to Kids' Stuff and Teachers' Stuff activities for the 1960s gallery.