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    Chapter 2: Was the Black Panther Party scene realistic? After Forrest bumps into Jenny at the hippie event in Washington D.C.‚ she takes him to an underground meeting of the Black Panther Party to meet her boyfriend Wesley. The Black Panther Party was an African American revolutionary leftist organization from 1966-1982. They believed in preventing racism against blacks‚ and believed that all blacks deserved to be treated equally to whites in society. Wesley‚ the boyfriend of jenny‚ is the President

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    Anti-Vietnam Movement in the U.S. The antiwar movement against Vietnam in the US from 1965-1971 was the most significant movement of its kind in the nation ’s history. The United States first became directly involved in Vietnam in 1950 when President Harry Truman started to underwrite the costs of France ’s war against the Viet Minh. Later‚ the presidencies of Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy increased the US ’s political‚ economic‚ and military commitments steadily throughout

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    Charles Manson was obviously the leader of this cult. He was an extremely charismatic leader and his followers loved him. The group identified themselves as a family. Hippies were often drawn into the family through promises that they would have a safe place to stay‚ that they would be loved‚ fed‚ and more for free. During this time hippies were often outcast from society so these promises that Charles Manson made to them must have sounded very appealing. Charles Manson isolated the members

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    drunk. Since they were drunk‚ Mark let Brian cut off Angela’s long nice hair. The next day Angela’s friend Shepard beat up Brian for cutting off her hair. 4. The fourth major event was when Cathy and Brian went to look for Emenim. They found him in a hippy house. He was talking about spiders chewing him because he had used a drug called LSD and thats what it does to you. They brought him

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    The fashion of the 1960’s has greatly impacted adults and teenagers behavior today for the better. Much like the era itself‚ women’s clothes underwent a revolution. The early 1960’s were similar to the 1950s in terms of style‚ the large full skirts and dark pant - suits were still considered the style of choice for most women. The idea was to emulate the glamour of Hollywood movies that captivated the public at this time. It was aimed at being formal‚ young people still had not discovered a reason

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    Laurie Segovia History 1302 Quiz 5 Vocabulary 23-27 Chapter 23 1. Welfare Capitalism- A paternalistic system of labor relations emphasizing management responsibility for employee well-being. 2. Open Shop- Factory or business employing workers whether or not they are union members; in practice‚ such a business usually refuses to hire union members and follows antiunion policies. 3. Volstead Act- The 1920 law defining the liquor forbidden under the Eighteenth Amendment and giving

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    Tribute Speech Specific Goal: My goal today is to give praise to Yves Saint Laurent and offer the audience some insight into this brilliant fashion designer. Introduction: I. “Fashions fade‚ style is eternal.” – Yves Saint Laurent II. For over forty years he made women look sexy with his innovative designs that broke through the preceding fashion mold. III. Any woman fortunate enough to own an original Yves Saint Laurent owes him a debt of gratitude. IV. His ingenious

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    common ground community. There are over 12‚000 intentional communities in North America according to the website www.communa.org‚ many of them base their values on nature‚ therapy‚ and spirituality. Intentional communities are often associated with “Hippies“‚ which makes them have a negative connotation. The communes in the sixties were mostly populated by young people who were working against society‚ they were often rioting against the war in Vietnam. Now days the intentional communities are people

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    My Future Plans

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    By this title‚ I am guessing most of you are thinking what you will be doing next weekend or even tomorrow. You would be expecting me to write that I’m going to get ‘locked’ with my friends‚ but no! I hope to remember what I did the next day or even in a few years time…I want to be able to say when I’m old‚ that I lived my life to the fullest. Firstly‚ this summer‚ I don’t want to waste it like I did every other summer. I don’t want to sleep all day. I want to live‚ I want to visit museums‚ go

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    Across North America during the 1970s close to a million young people‚ mostly from major urban centres‚ moved ‘back-to-the land’. United by a shared critique of consumer oriented society‚ capitalization and the homogenizing‚ often oppressive effects of mass media‚ the generation sought to live in ways that were more authentic‚ self-reliant and in better harmony to the natural world. There was an emphasis on nonconformity‚ self-sufficiency and on ‘doing’ itself. Leading thus to the formation of the

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