The feminist breakthrough during the 1960s and 1970s saw many feminist artists liberating women as they began to explore the female body and use it as a site of resistance in their art‚ leaving behind a legacy that many contemporary feminist artists still follow today. The 1960s was a time of great change for women as everything began to change socially‚ politically and culturally. The Pill had been approved and the sexual revolution had begun. Women began to fight for many things in their art‚ taking
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They saw it as a night to dress up and meet new people to get higher on the social ladder. The other people that were drawn to disco were Gays‚ Hispanic and also African Americans because it brought them freedom as well as self-actualization. Gays were one of the first population that was with disco since it began from the first disco club was open. The Hispanics‚ mostly Puerto Ricans and Cubans brought along their couple dance traditions to disco. The Hispanics kept the tradition of Bandstand-style
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Elvis was mostly known for his musical talents and for all of the awards he won‚ and all of the records that he’s sold‚ and also he always had one way to put his hair with his white suit. Without Elvis the 1960’s wouldn’t have been the way they were before. Elvis was the most loved artist in the 1960’s because of all of his music and charm‚ all of the awards he won‚ and the records he sold. Many people thought that Elvis charming because of the music he played and for his appearance. Elvis wasn’t always
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We learned about the importance of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s‚ it was both a social and political movement that was largely fueled by religion in America. It was the fight for the natural freedom of human beings‚ that was promised through the creation of important documents such as the Bill of Rights and the Constitution as well as the Declaration of Independence‚ but not ultimately granted and upheld by the United States. The civil rights movement in the words of Martin Luther
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Change in Male Role in the Home: 1960-Present Traditionally the United States‚ along with the majority of the world has been a patriarchal society. The customary male role‚ specifically in relation to the home‚ has been the head of the household‚ the protector‚ and the provider. A male’s duty was unquestionably embodied in these three ideas‚ until the 1970’s. The growing feminist movement of that time began to question and displace these roles as solely belonging to a man‚ and the male role in
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EDUCATIONAL PANDEMONIUM IN THE SCHOOLS OF NEWARK IN THE 1960’s It is assumed that the sixties marked the beginning of the metamorphosis of the American education system‚ however it was the contrary for Newark. The decline of the educational system in Newark was a direct result of economic and political decisions on the part of federal‚ state and local groups. In this decade‚ the confluence of social class and race determined the resources made available for a child’s schooling. Before we start
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Despite being the “traditional custodians of the land”‚ Aboriginal people greatly suffered from lack of human rights‚ especially between 1901 and the 1960’s. In 1962‚ NSW was the only state in Australia that gave Aboriginals the right to have control over their children. This meant that government organisations were given the authority to take children away from Aboriginal families. The Aboriginal Protection Board is an example of a government organisation that used this authority to breed out Aboriginals
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Week 4 HIS 135 02/16/2013 1960’s Diary Entries Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X Malcolm X was a Muslim that became one of the greatest men that influential African Americans. One afternoon‚ on February 21‚ 1965 Malcolm X loss his life by the Nation of Islam. The questions surrounding the death of this puzzling and fearless man still trouble us. The Files
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During the 1950s and 1960s‚ the Civil Rights Movement was a battle by African Americans in hopes to achieve the same rights that whites have. A few major events in the fight for civil rights included the Brown vs. the Topeka Board of Education case‚ the Montgomery bus boycott and the 1964 Rights Trial. By the end of the 1960s‚ some white Americans‚ even had the courage of joining in the fight with them. No political or social movement of the twentieth century has had as dramatic of an effect‚ ever
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The 1960s was an era that changed America in so many ways. While many of the changes were in Civil Rights and in humanity in general‚ another change would come in the form of science and even the way we look at body armor and self protection in general. 1967 was the year in which a the world would have been introduced to Kevlar. Kevlar Not only influenced our military it also has changed the face of everyday American products. Discovered in 1965 an American chemist with the name of Stephanie Kwolek
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