1968 Miss America Protest

United States
Jack Boucher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Atlantic City Convention Hall, New Jersey, USA (1992)

1968 Miss America Protest

Chateau Marmont

United States
Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Back side picture of the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, California, USA (2014)

Chateau Marmont

The Haight-Ashbury

United States
Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Haight-Ashbury district intersection in San Francisco, California, USA

The Haight-Ashbury is a district in San Francisco, centred in Haight Street and also including Ashbury Street

Nicky Haslam

United Kingdom
Nicky Haslam

Nicky Haslam

Yves Saint-Laurent

France
Yves Saint-Laurent

Yves Saint-Laurent

Hotel Chelsea

United States
Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
Hotel Chelsea's façade in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (2012)

Hotel Chelsea

Events of the decade

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Influential people

Michael X

Trinidad and Tobago
Michael X
Civil Rights Campaigner, Black Empowerment Promoter

Michael X

Diane von Fürstenberg

Belgium
Christopher Macsurak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
Diane von Fürstenberg at the end of her Fall/Winter 2013 show at New York Fashion Week, New York City, New York, USA (2013)
Fashion Designer & Entrepreneur

Diane von Fürstenberg

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At the heart of the sixties

Nicky Samuel met many key figures from the Sixties. Her memoirs capture the essence of the decade and a panorama of the sexual revolution and counterculture.

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Tilted hardback book cover mock-up of 'Nicky Samuel: My Life and Loves'

Popular Places

The Cavern Club

United Kingdom
Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
External view of the reopened Cavern Club, Liverpool, United Kingdom (2012)
Live Music Venue

The Cavern Club

Fire Island

United States Rainbow flag (LGBTQ+)
Paul Costello, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Photograph of the Fire Island lighthouse with a 'No Parking' sign and a bicycle, Long Island, New York, USA (2007)
New York State Island

Fire Island

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