The 1970 FBI Wanted poster for Angela Davis.

Celia Cruz during rehearsal for the third annual Latin GRAMMY Awards ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, 2002.

Sheriff's deputies form a line across street at Garfield High School during a Chicano student demonstration on March 5, 1968. Similar confrontations occurred at other schools.

Antonio Mejías-Rentas is a longtime journalist based in Los Angeles. He tweets @lataino.&nbsp;

Antonio Mejías-Rentas

Antonio Mejías-Rentas is a longtime journalist based in Los Angeles. He tweets @lataino.&nbsp;

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The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history. The era was marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and antiwar protests, countercultural movements, political assassinations and the emerging "generation gap."

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The U.S. government, with its three branches of government and a system of checks and balances, is responsible for governing the 50 states and all districts and territories of the United States.

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February is dedicated as Black History Month, honoring the triumphs and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history, including the civil rights movement and their artistic, cultural and political achievements.

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During the 1980s, conservative politics and Reaganomics held sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged, AIDS ravaged the United States, especially the gay male community, and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture.

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