All it took was a jukebox and a back booth to feel like the world was yours. Before smartphones, America's teens ruled diners and drive-ins with loose change and a whole lot of attitude.
Author Tom Wolfe called the 1970s the “Me” Decade and the “Third Great Awakening.” People were trying to move past the push-pull of wars and social movements that had defined the previous decades—and while there might not have been any kind of grand awakening, a lot certainly went on. How much do you remember?
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