Pop Culture Research Paper Chandler Pruneau November 9‚ 2014 To Kill a Mockingbird: Racism in Film in the 1960’s The 1960’s was a decade of radical social change and revolutionary attitude. While people were able to come together on many issues and influence positive change in our nation‚ racism was still a shaky platform for much of society. Because the ideas of hatred and inequality were deep rooted in so many people‚ the social activists in favor of an equal America faced a long and
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During the 1950’s and 1960’s the United States of America called for a change in society. This change led to the Civil Rights movement1. The Civil Rights movement was movement in which black people urged for equality with the whites. While the Civil Rights Movement was in full stride‚ Black Power came to be2. The Black Panther Party took on the idea of “Black Power” believing in a pure black society and used violence to do so3. The Black Panther Party thought that violence was the way to gain equality
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Rights movement of the 1960’s based their agenda primarily on the goals of equality for African-Americans. The call for better treatment of African-Americans rallied society together in the fight for increasing tolerance and further awareness of the injustices occurring in the seemingly tolerant United States. However‚ despite fruitful and positive intentions‚ the movement was unable to accomplish the idealistic goals they preached. Though the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s was able to create
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Initiating a social movement is an organized technique that African Americans have employed in order to cope with and deal with differential and pejorative treatment on several occasions in American history. The civil rights movement in the 1960’s fought for equality for African Americans and whites alike and remains a force to this day for the civil rights for all US citizens regardless of race‚ religion gender or sexuality. In more recent years‚ the outrage in response to the acquittal of George
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THE COLD WAR in the 1960’s * MAD Theory (Mutually Assured Destruction) * The Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 1962) * Why the crisis happened? (Khrushchev‚ Fidel Castro & Cuba) * Was JFK a hawk or a dove? * Impacts of the crisis: flexible response & trend toward détente * Missles out of Cuba * Missles out of Germany * Can’t invade Cuba with force. THE WAR IN VIETNAM * It was America’s longest war * Some numbers: $ 150 billion ($600
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The 1960s was a time in history that not only glorified the significance of freedom but it also showed the efforts and determination then the struggle to make everyone equal. John F Kennedy promised the most ambitious agenda called the new frontier a package of laws and reforms that would end any quality in the United States.but then John F. Kennedy ran into a group of southerners who did not want the same thing as him. And they created laws in order to counter any sort of equality with blacks and
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There is a profound saying many famous individuals have used‚ “If you remember the 60s‚ you weren’t there”. This seems like an odd thing to say‚ but the fact is‚ the 60s were a time of turmoil‚ controversial‚ and groovy moments. There was war going on known as the Vietnam War‚ and inequality for African Americans sparked protests and new laws. Politics in the 60s covered a variety of different changes for the U.S which consisted of new laws and new ideas to better the nation. It was a time where
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enormous changes which totally transformed its economy‚ society and politics. Most particularly was the large influx of Chinese refugees to this region. With effective governance and the hard work of its people‚ Hong Kong prospered during the 1950¡¦s and 1960¡¦s and ultimately retained its prosperity up until the city¡¦s reunification by China in 1997. When Hong Kong finally ceded to the Britain in 1943‚ the region had relied heavily on the entrepot trade. However‚ Hong Kong‚ prior to this‚ was subjected
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The anti-war movement of the late 1960s is often credited as having positive outcomes such as 18-year-olds being granted the right to vote and the end of the draft‚ and is glorified for its role in bringing people together along with shaping activism to this day. However‚ as with any movement‚ there are unintended consequences‚ which have shaped important events and values within American society in the decades since the war and at present. This paper will explore some of these unintended consequences
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civilizations describing how they do things‚ their values‚ and beliefs. Dance had an enormous impact during America during the 1960’s through the 1990’s. Many different types of dance were being introduced during these times because of all of the quick fads people were going through. In the end dance has shaped the personality of American culture forever. Starting with the 1960’s America was going through the adolescent kids from the baby boomers. These kids tended to be very outgoing and were not
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