1968: The exhibit, and the year in politics and culture

A new Minnesota Historical Society exhibit opens October 14th featuring the extraordinary events of 1968: the peak of the Vietnam War, the assassinations of RFK and MLK, the election of President Richard Nixon, love-ins and feminist demonstrations, polarizing music, television and movies. If you were living then, what did you experience in 1968? If you were born afterward, what do you make of it?

Guests

• Brian Horrigan: Minnesota Historical Society exhibit curator and award-winning author.
• Brad Zellar: Journalist, writer and editor.

More from MPR

• 'The 1968 Exhibit' recreates tumultuous times, from Tet to Nixon
  October 12, 2011
• Remembering Hubert H. Humphrey's life in politics
  May 27, 2011
• Julian Bond on the legacy of the 1968 campaign
  October 30, 2008
• How the 1968 New Hampshire primary changed history
  March 12, 2008
• The McCarthy Tapes
  December 8, 2006
• 'Campaign '68'
  October 21, 2008
• The Vietnam Tapes: Letters from a Willmar soldier
  November 11, 2009

Resources

• Minnesota Historical Society website
• The 1968 Project
• Minnesota Historical Society Press