Vintage photos of the 1960s in N.J.

Feminists and civil rights activists protested the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City as a ‘cattle auction’ in 1968.

John Artis (left) and Ruben “Hurricane” Carter at the Paterson Police Station in 1966. Carter, a professional boxer, and Artis were wrongfully convicted of murder in 1967 but was released following a petition of habeas corpus after spending almost 20 years in prison.

Pat Jund is shown buying a 1968 Volkswagen camper in Bergen County. VWs were selling at rate of 500,000 a year in the U.S. by the end of the decade.

The Lanzara children were very happy when the Newark family bought a Chevy station wagon in 1961.

Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at Monmouth College (now University) in West Long Branch on Oct. 6, 1966.

The Unhinged Coffee House was located in the First Congregational Church in Closter in 1969, and was patronized by teens from the area including students from Northern Valley Regional High School. Performing are Maximum Muller, Tom Penole and David Murphy.

A fashion happening in the 1960s – paper dresses. These unidentified young woman sport dresses with members of their favorite group in Atlantic City in 1965.

Ed Hurst’s Steel Pier Show was broadcast live Saturday afternoons from the Atlantic City amusement and entertainment pier. Pretty much any major musical act you can think of appeared on it in the 1960s.

Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin and President Lyndon Johnson met at the Glassboro Summit at Glassboro State College — now Rowan University — in 1967. The summit meeting’s location was selected for being halfway between New York City and Washington, D.C.

A woman walks past National Guard troops and State Police officers during the riots in Newark that took place from July 12 to 17, 1967.

Members of the Eighth Grade Social Dancing Club at Woodrow Wilson Junior High School in Clifton ready their playlist of 45-rpm records in this photo from 1965. From left, Nancy Geng, Janice Corsi, Barbara Librizzi, Judy Kirschner, Joann Manner, Debbie Fischer, Nancy Ambrosi and Lorraine Rothe.

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin rides through the streets of Montclair as his hometown celebrates “Buzz Aldrin Day” on Sept. 6, 1969. Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first humans to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969.

The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lanoka Harbor, Lacey Township, was commissioned on Dec. 23, 1969.

The 1960s was a decade of gadgets. This machine was the Addressograph and it printed tax bills. It’s shown being operated by an unidentified employee in Vineland in 1965.

Young men drafted to serve in Vietnam burn their draft cards on the steps of Newark’s Municipal Court in this photo from May 6, 1968. The law at the time required young men to register for the draft and carry the card at all times.

The Democratic National Convention opened in Atlantic City on Aug. 24, 1964. Incumbent President Lyndon Johnson was nominated and went on to win the general election.

When your TV died in the 1960s, this display was its savior. Vacuum tubes for televisions and radios are shown in a store display from New Brunswick in the 1960s.

Fashionable women were reminded to remove their high heel shoes before riding the escalator at Gimbel’s Department Store in Paramus in 1966.

A scene from the audience when the Beatles played at Atlantic City’s Convention Hall on Aug. 30, 1964. Ticket prices ranged from $2.75 to $5.50.

The pop music explosion led to bands forming all over the country. The Cautions from Gloucester City were one of them. From left, Bob Nark, Ray Gurick, Tom Young aka Pop Pop Young and Bruce Huhn.