History Miami
Daniella Lescsano
4/11/13
Professor Aguilera
Exploration Paper
HistoryMiami has a exhibit that displays Teen Miami. The exhibition presents a range of decades from the 1940’s to the 1990’s to explore some of the major issues and events in local teens’ lives. The display demonstrated the types of music, fashion trends, and certain events that reflected teens back in the day. The exhibition also shows what teens went through in the past decades and how it relates and effects teens of today. The Teens & Music section of the exhibit displayed different genres that teens enjoyed during that period of time. Teen-initiated soul and R&B music thrived and teen acts were produced and gathered local and national acclaim. While a new generation of Cuban-American altered Miami during the 1970’s, music became more diverse among teens. Teens attended local parties and clubs that celebrated the types of popular music of that era. As of today, teens are not so different music wise because they still attend different genres of clubs and parties to express themselves.
There was a segment that showcased teens and diversity during the 1960’s in schools and local communities. The cultural makeup of Miami during those times were rapidly increasing. Massive newcomers from Latin America and the Caribbean transformed the cultural makeup of Miami. Teenagers of different cultures attended public and private schools across the county. Most white teenagers who were racist became upset to the fact that their schools were becoming too culturally diverse and treated black teens unfairly. Teens of today do not have to face such problems because the majority of teens in Miami are either Black or Hispanic.
Also the exhibition presented a division about teens and war in the 1940’s and 1970’s. High school life was entirely different for teens. In 1940, most boys who graduated from school went to war and had more responsibility. The notion of being a teenager did not even exist before the
4/11/13
Professor Aguilera
Exploration Paper
HistoryMiami has a exhibit that displays Teen Miami. The exhibition presents a range of decades from the 1940’s to the 1990’s to explore some of the major issues and events in local teens’ lives. The display demonstrated the types of music, fashion trends, and certain events that reflected teens back in the day. The exhibition also shows what teens went through in the past decades and how it relates and effects teens of today. The Teens & Music section of the exhibit displayed different genres that teens enjoyed during that period of time. Teen-initiated soul and R&B music thrived and teen acts were produced and gathered local and national acclaim. While a new generation of Cuban-American altered Miami during the 1970’s, music became more diverse among teens. Teens attended local parties and clubs that celebrated the types of popular music of that era. As of today, teens are not so different music wise because they still attend different genres of clubs and parties to express themselves.
There was a segment that showcased teens and diversity during the 1960’s in schools and local communities. The cultural makeup of Miami during those times were rapidly increasing. Massive newcomers from Latin America and the Caribbean transformed the cultural makeup of Miami. Teenagers of different cultures attended public and private schools across the county. Most white teenagers who were racist became upset to the fact that their schools were becoming too culturally diverse and treated black teens unfairly. Teens of today do not have to face such problems because the majority of teens in Miami are either Black or Hispanic.
Also the exhibition presented a division about teens and war in the 1940’s and 1970’s. High school life was entirely different for teens. In 1940, most boys who graduated from school went to war and had more responsibility. The notion of being a teenager did not even exist before the