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1970-1979

Political and Social History Literature
1970-1979 1970 National Guard kills four students during antiwar demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio

1971 Antiwar protests in Washington, D.C.

1972 Watergate scandal. Military draft ends

1973 Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion. American Indian Movement members occupy Wounded Knee

1974 President Richard Nixon resigns in wake of Watergate, avoiding impeachment

1976 U.S. bicentennial

1970 Ishmael Reed, Neo-HooDoo Manifesto

1972 Joanna Russ, When It Changed

1973 Alice Walker, Everyday Use

1974 Grace Paley, A Conversation with My Father

1975 Donald Barthelme, A Manual for Sons. Barry Hannah, Midnight and I'm Not Famous Yet. Clarence Major, An Area in the Cerebral Hemisphere. John Updike, Separating

1977 Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm

1978 Ann Beattie, Weekend