If you are old enough to have any stereotypes at all about college life in the 1960s, the first things that probably popped into your head when you just read the phrase “college life in the 1960s” ...

In the spring of 1968, 21-year-old Francine Gottfried began working as an IBM machine operator at a data processing plant in lower Manhattan. Gottfried walked past the New York Stock Exchange to get ...

Joan Kennedy, the ex-wife of late Sen. Ted Kennedy, died at age 89 on Oct. 8, 2025. In honor of her life, see the best ...

NEW YORK — The future whirled into 1962 with an entrance to rival that of Kitty Carlisle in an ostrich feather gown. John Glenn orbited the earth and President Kennedy asked Congress for $531 million ...

The 1960s were wild. In a good way, of course. It was the decade when thousands of Americans challenged democracy, fought for their freedom and equal rights, and rewrote established norms in every ...

Tycoons and fashion glitterati honored Diane von Furstenberg at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in Lower Manhattan.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Back in the 60s, Bennett College students known as the Bennett Belles met to plan sit ins across Greensboro. Little did they know their work help to inspire their peers. “I never ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Barbara Gittings is considered one of the pioneers of LGBTQ+ rights and women's rights movements. In the 1960s, the activist fought against employment discrimination and picketed ...