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    Life for a black woman in the 1960’s was about as easy as finding a job once you’ve been called a thief. No one treated you right‚ everyone looked at you as if you had some sort of disease‚ you got bossed around and you had to take it. A symbol represented in the book is a white apron. A white apron represents the help since that is what they have to wear everyday of their lives while working for their white peoples. The idea a white apron represents is the injustice black people have to deal with

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    E7PZAS-60 1/4/12 PBA Essay Society may affect an individual limiting his/her personal goals. For example marriage‚ kids‚ and a person’s occupation. Many woman stop going after their dreams because of love ones. Social responsibility does hinder an individual personal happiness. Two examples of this is being a criminal and traits being pass down from generation to generation A person’s responblity in society can hinder him/her from

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    Beginning in the 1960s nearly all aspects of the preceding culture were at the cusps of being challenged. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ in his letter to fellow clergymen from the Birmingham jail where King and several fellow protesters had been arrested for advocating change in the city of Birmingham. King addressed a statement from the clergymen that concluded his actions were "unwise and untimely." He cautioned the leaders to realize the leadership of the city of Birmingham were "dedicated to maintenance

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    Manish LalCul402SYA What comes in our mind‚ when we hear the word 1960’s? The war‚ social and cultural changes‚fight for human rights‚ and what’s not. It was a span of time which brought extraordinarychanges in world. Although each and every decade bring some changes with it but this decadehad some major changes which changed the world forever and left its footprints in history. Inother words it shaped the world which we know today. It changed the world dramatically‚ itchanged people’s attitude‚

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    from the novel The Once and the Future King. Lerner also wrote the music with Frederick Loewe in the 1960’s. The musical faced criticism because some say it wasn’t as good as My Fair Lady‚ and the musical did suffer from structural problems‚ but it still was able to tour around the country. 2. There were two ways that the economics of producing Broadway musicals changed in the 1960’s. In the mid 1960’s shows such as High Spirits and Golden Boy‚ which had great reviews and respectable runs‚ missed

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    Homophile Activism in the United States in the 1960’s & 70’s: A Tenuous Time Kari Twogood EDAD 577: Managing Diversity Spring 2014 Central Washington University There is evidence of same sex relationships all the way back to earliest recorded history. Gay history‚ the history of same sex relationships‚ both male and female‚ can’t be taken out of context with the broader spectrum of history. The homophile movement didn’t happen in a vacuum. It is only one aspect of history

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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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    Discrimination in Churches in the 1960’s During the 1960s‚ almost every White church throughout the United States prohibited blacks‚ at the same time many blacks were being segregated against‚ churches being the worse of all being divided just because the color of skin. Churches were where somebody went to be a follower of Christ‚ it shows just how this segregation corrupted the minds of White people to betray one’s own religion to make Blacks feel lesser. The God one worships says to love everyone

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    celebrated on April 22‚ on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. “Earth day is every day”‚ as the saying goes‚ but it is acknowledged and celebrated every year on April 22nd. Earth Day’s history is rooted in 1960’s activism. Earth issues where the least of the government’s concern during this time and this angered Senator Gaylord Nelson. By 1969‚ Nelson had an idea of environmental protest modeled after anti-Vietnam war demonstrations. On April 22‚ 1969‚ Senator

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    some aggravation between the two superpowers over things such as the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War‚ during the early 1960s tensions between the two rose even higher. President Kennedy put in a policy of being more flexible when it came to discussions with the Soviets‚ allowing him to resolve the crises. The three largest tensions between America and the Soviets in the early 1960s were the Berlin Wall‚ the space race‚ and Cuban

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