Abstract
The conclusion to Reframing 1968, by one of the leading historians of the twentieth-century United States, Stephen J. Whitfield, re-examines the historical experiences and cultural myths of the 1968. The chapter argues that many of the defining features of this tumultuous year – from electoral politics, to anti-war protests, to civil rights activism, and other forms of grassroots protest – are often misremembered. The conclusion focuses on how the experience of 1968 is sometimes in tension with how the historical record characterises its key moments and protest activities.