The generation in between The Baby Boom and Generation X is commonly referred to as the "Tweener" generation . The term was coined by Author Andrea Stone in an article which appeared on the cover of USA Today on March 24th in 1996. Tweeners are defined in a social scientific manner much like other generations even though the statistics according to birth rates offer a group comprised of a small generation of people born during the years 1964 - 1968. Other names for this group are also "Genex-Boomers" or "Cuspers," though the term "Tweener" is the most widely used. The group is commonly known as a generation of people who straddle two large generations: Baby Boomer and Generation X. In the United States, this small generational group comprises the beginning of a new socio-political era due to the passing of Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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