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He said contemporary American society. MLK died 53 years ago.
by commandlinefan 5y ago
He said contemporary American society. MLK died 53 years ago.
- woodruffw 5y agoAre you intending to claim that the second half of the 20th century isn't contemporary? I'm not a historian, but I've understood "contemporary" as a term that refers to events that have occurred in the lifetimes of active historians. Given that a decent chunk of the US's population was alive in 1968 and hasn't even retired yet, it probably fits neatly into that category.
- trutannus 5y agoRight, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_history "[..] a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present."