You put it in a good way, yup. It feels like there is absolutely nothing to look forward to.

Pretty sure they were living in interesting times in the 60’s, too.

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/summer/equality-in-the-sixties.html

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2010/03/12/the-1960s-a-decade-of-change-for-women