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    future and we are hoping that whomever reads this in the future sees that our ideas about a peaceful‚ accepting and proud America have held true in the time that you open this humble box”. This researcher removed five items all from the decade of the 1960’s; that hold great significance to the decade. The first item is a reel of film labeled “Walter Cronkite: Man on the Moon”. The second item was a bit curious; this item was a round plastic disc container with 28 little pills. The third item is the

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    John Updike And 1960s In a Five-page short story John Updike attempts to tell the story of a decade. In the story A & P‚ John Updike illustrates the two sides of the 1960s‚ one side being rebellious youth and the other side being the rigid establishment of the elders‚ further in the story Updike shows the clash between the two sides. Sammy and the three young girls are certainly a representation of the youth‚ while Lengal‚ the much older store manager has to be strong elder sides. In the story we

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    LSD and Counterculture of the 1960s LSD‚ lysergic acid diethylamide‚ is commonly regarded as one of the most powerful substances known to mankind. Its name is almost synonymous with the counterculture and the “hippy” movement of the 1960s. Though it is now listed as a Schedule I controlled substance‚ there was a time when LSD widely used and accepted without the harsh social stigma that it carries today (Jenkins). LSD‚ which is known to the younger population as acid‚ Lucy‚ and various other colloquial

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    Challenges of Homosexuals in the 1960’s Abstract Every day homosexuals face challenges that heterosexuals do not. These challenges include people giving them looks when they are walking down the street while holding hands with a person of the same sex. They also face challenges in being accepted as a true family‚ this is because in many states same sex marriage is deemed illegal. Over the decades people have become more adjusted to homosexuals in society. In the movie “If Walls Could Talk

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    The first event that began every women’s movement rights act in the country was the world’s first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls‚ NY on July 19-20‚ 1848. This convention instilled hope in women all over the country to fight or equality in the work force‚ education‚ pay‚ and rights. (49) Because of the first convention leading women to fight for what should righfully be theirs‚ places soon fell in line to accept women accordingly. In 1855 the University of Iowa became the first

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    Promotion and Imaging 1853 Words Jean Shrimpton at 91 Heigham Road David Bailey 1961 The New Generation of Models in the 1960s “Jean Shrimpton was the first iconic model of the 1960s. The photos she and Bailey took in New York broke the mould and still inspire fashion today.” (We’ll Take Manhattan‚ 2012) This essay will consider how the ‘supermodels’ of the 1960s‚ concentrating on Jean Shrimpton and Leslie Hornby (Twiggy) helped to change the style of fashion and photography at this time

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    Computer technology of the 1960s and now Computer technology of the 1960s may have put a man on the moon‚ but today’s computers are worlds beyond. The computers of the 1960s may seem primitive but the truth is they are the frame work of every Smartphone‚ tablet and personal computer. In the beginning of the 1960s most computers were behemoths taking up whole floors of office buildings. Because the computers were so massive they usually became a structure in a office building or university

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    1960’s Fashion A fashion trend is a movement where lots of people start to move in the same direction towards a certain hairstyle of style of clothing. The 1960’s went through many different trends and some of them influenced what we wear and the way we style our hair. Most of the clothing that they wore back then was a little more rebellious and eclectic than the clothes we wear now‚ but it wasn’t weird to be dressed like that because everyone did it. The 1960’s fashion was heavily influenced by

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    Hippies The Hippie Generation‚ was in the 1960s and 1970s. They embraced peace‚ love and community. They were opposed to middle class values‚ and the teachings of previous generations. The hippie movement embraced free love‚ and the beginning of the sexual revolution. The Beat Generation lead to the Hippie movement. The Beat movement was a bohemian counter-culture‚ and included experimentation with drugs and sexual liberties. The Beat writers began in New York‚ but most with the movement moved

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    thoughts and feelings of many but helped shape how they responded to these changes and conflicts. During each decade popular culture played a significant part in motivating large numbers of people to act for and achieve change. Popular culture in the 1960’s‚ e.g. Sex‚ Drugs‚ Rock and Roll‚ helps historians understand how changes reflected and influenced the thoughts of that time. Youths began to think that taking drugs and having sex was a natural and ‘trendy’ thing to carry out. The decade saw major

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