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    Liberation of the 1960’s Music Movement As a response to the Civil Rights era and the Women’s Liberation Movement‚ Music Artists secured rights for all Americans to express their emotions with lyrics‚ melody‚ and entertainment in the 1960’s. This impacted African Americans to reclaim their worth and promoted equality for women. Many people were inspired by their protest music but‚ they were certainly not the best sellers of the time. Both “We shall overcome” and “Give Peace a Chance” were influential

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    Music has been around the world since the beginning of entertainment. Music has popular since the 1960s. During the 1960s’‚ music has changed from classical music to modern pop and rock from the artists such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Also‚ in the ‘60s‚ they were containing songs that were use to protest. For example‚ Soul singer Sam Cooke wrote “A Change Is Gonna Come” and Bob Dylan wrote “Blowin’ in the Wind”. Both songs are responses to racism during the Civil Rights Movements. Also

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    yourself as a teen in the 1960’s. John F. Kennedy has recently been assassinated and the country is devastated. You turn on some new music released by the Beatles and suddenly‚ you are lost in the music that is sweeping the nation. You almost forget the fact that the popular president has been assassinated. The Beatles’ and many other artists’ music is still listened to and replicated today. The Beatles were a group of four men that created very popular music in the 1960’s. The British invasion was

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    The music of the 1969s greatly reflected the people and behaviors of the decade. It affected everything from the clothes they wore to the drugs they used. Under the influence of drugs. Everything appeared to be a double entendre with a deep hidden meaning. (Kurlansky 183) The drugs made the music come alive. You not only heard the music‚ you could see it and feel it as well. With psychedelic music of bands like the Grateful Dead it was no surprise that people were usually stoned when they listened

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    The 1960’s The 1960’s were a time of radical change. It was a decade where people began to question authority‚ and time of confrontation. The decade’s radicalism began with the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November of 1963. This event changed the country’s idealistic views‚ and started an upheaval of civil rights movements. Baby boomers started a new perception‚ and formalized the act of resistance to war. There were also many of whom‚ turned violent and rebellious; in their effort to fight

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    The 1960’s The 1960’s was a decade of radical change in the United States of America in both social and political aspects of life . Starting with the 1960 election of the youngest presidential candidate to take office through the largest gathering of rock n roll concert goers ever to an event called Woodstock. Sandwiched in between these 2 historic events were equally important life changing and world changing events that would make life for the average everyday Americans different from the

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    but out of the Vietnam war‚ we got good music. John Lennon writes in the song Mind Games “I want you to make love‚ not war‚ I know you’ve heard it before.” People began protesting the vietnam war‚ as a result “protest music” became very prominent. During and after the Vietnam War formed peoples’ opinions of the war‚ it established a way of life for people‚ it was their everything. This way of life confused the older generations. As a result of protest music‚ we had led to what became known as “the

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    article “The Return of the Protest Song”‚ Tillet writes about the turnback of protest music after their downstrend in 1960s and the redenifition of the kind of music. The coming back is the responsibility of the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. They use music to say and express their aspiration of Civil Right. In the same time‚ hiphop was seen as a new form of political music‚ and it has an important influence and spread quickly. Before 1960s‚ writers wrote music lyrics base on political

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    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 as popular as he was‚ as a kid he wanted to be popular but‚ he just didn’t

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    In society the female population are treated different compared to the male population. In certain scenarios the men earn 4 % more pay then what women earn. This is discrimination against females. The jobs that the male population mainly take pay more than the job the female population would mainly take. For example as an elementary teacher a man will earn up to 2 % more then what a women would earn. Men and women mainly aim for different careers‚ the career that the male population tend to choose

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