When someone mentions the 1960’s‚ what do you think about? Do you think about the war in Vietnam‚ the Apollo 11 mission‚ or the Civil Rights movement? If you’ve ever thought about the Civil Right’s Movement; have you thought about whose philosophy was better for the 1960’s‚ was it Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X. During the 1960’s‚ King wanted black’s and white’s to getting along; while Malcolm X wanted black’s and white’s to work separately. I think that Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy was
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Jackziel Lopez Period 1 December 1‚ 2014 Paul Newman was the most distinguished twentieth-century finest American actor in his time. 1960’s Popular Bands The Beatles‚ The Beach Boys‚ The Rolling Stones‚ The Doors‚ The Four Tops 1960’s Popular T.V. Shows Batman‚ The Flintstones‚ The Addams Family‚ The Andy Griffith Show‚ The Twilight Zone John F. Kennedy‚ (35th U.S. President)‚ Presidential term: January 20‚ 1961 – November 22‚ 1963 Assassinated: November 22‚ 1963‚ Dallas
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Baltimore Museum of Art: Photography of the 1960’s The exhibit we went to see was a gallery walk. It was an exhibit of pictures and the artists who produced the photos‚ and the meaning of the photos. We enjoyed it because it was particularly interesting how the 1960’s was portrayed through photography. It showed not only white Americans but African-Americans making it easily relatable. It showed hard times‚ fun times and how they made the hard times fun times. The strengths in the exhibit
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along with the music industry like peas in a pod‚ but never has it had more of a literal meaning than it did in the free loving 1960s. Many of the greatest rock bands and rock artists in history were forged out of the 60s‚ which culminated in 1969 with a festival of peace‚ love and happiness in a time of war. Rock and Roll was a release from war tension in the 1960s. Many "Hippies" protested the Vietnam War. Many of these protests were met with hostile means of breaking up by our government
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The 1960s was a decade of liberation for music‚ public opinion‚ dance invention‚ and The binds of racism(Blanton). In the 1960s the majority of the Vietnam war was fought‚ the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 also the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr in 1968. The Vietnam war‚ John F. Kennedy’s‚ and Martin Luther King Jr assassination affected music in the 1960s by causing nation protest such as Woodstock‚ causing social unrest and depression and pushing and enlarging the Black Power
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Although the decade of the 1960s began on a positive note of idealism‚ the years to come were filled with distrust‚ anger‚ and opposition. The antiwar movement protesting the Vietnam War affected both the culture of the 1960s and the long-term public opinion of the American government. While the antiwar movement shaped public doubt of the Vietnam War in the 1960s‚ it also evoked distrust towards the government and led to a major split in American society‚ which is still apparent today. The antiwar
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The Amazing Decade of the 1960s “Ask not what your country can do for you‚; but what you can do for your country-John F. Kennedy”(“John F. Kennedy”). The 1960s was full of excitement‚ but also filled with shock and disappointment. The people and events of the 1960s impacted the later decades to come. The 1960s also had a lot of improved technology. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ John F. Kennedy’s assassination‚ the Supercomputer‚ and unisex fashions were all a big part of the 1960s throughout America. “I
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employment has caused a major setback on the life of minorities. There are two major dilemmas that appear throughout the 1960s and our current time. The first major problem is that education system is always rapidly growing in all its levels‚ which leads to increasingly crowded classes that can’t uphold the required material and faculty to that huge number of students‚ “in the 1960s public school enrollment was 1.9 million students in excess of classroom capacity‚ a situation that persisted throughout
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In the 1960s‚ there was a change in people’s belief and their rights‚ and they were known as the hippies. Today‚ a similar change is occurring that is changing people’s belief‚ and that is the issue of the LGBT. In the 1960s‚ many Americans‚ especially younger ones‚ experience a change in attitude and how to express life. Both men and women began to wear long flowing clothes‚ beads‚ and headbands and often put flowers in their hair‚ which gave them the nickname “flower children”‚ or hippies. These
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Despite the emergence of modern conservatism‚ the 1960s were a very liberal decade. The early years were very optimistic and president Kennedy even lowered taxes. President Johnson admired FDR and modeled his Great Society after the New Deal. One of the most important aspects of the Great Society was the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ which gave African Americans more rights and freedoms by attempting to end discrimination. The rise of modern conservatism appeared in the wake of all the liberal reforms
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