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Most of the people engaging in the civil disobedience that ended segregation in the 50s and led to the Civil Rights laws of 1957 and 1964 belonged to the Silent Generation, commonly described as being born 1926-1945. Those clean cut, mostly conformist "squares" gathered peacefully to make a persuasive plea for equality only to be attacked with police dogs, fire hoses, nightsticks, and even arrested. Most of those involved in the counter-culture hippy movement were in diapers or at oldest junior high while the bulk of the grunt work was done in regards to the civil rights movement.
The only area that I see where the baby boomers fought more vigilantly than the Silent Generation was in protesting the Vietnam War, in contrast to the Silent Generation that dutifully marched off to Korea in their own generation's questionable war. As justifiable as the Vietnam War protests were, the baby boomers were technically protesting in their own self interest.
Has the "Silent Generation", with their nose to the grindstone demeanor and their work within the system to progressively change society attitude, been ignored or discounted when compared to the loudmouth baby boomer generation constantly screaming about how they changed the world?
The only area that I see where the baby boomers fought more vigilantly than the Silent Generation was in protesting the Vietnam War, in contrast to the Silent Generation that dutifully marched off to Korea in their own generation's questionable war. As justifiable as the Vietnam War protests were, the baby boomers were technically protesting in their own self interest.
Has the "Silent Generation", with their nose to the grindstone demeanor and their work within the system to progressively change society attitude, been ignored or discounted when compared to the loudmouth baby boomer generation constantly screaming about how they changed the world?
