The 1960’s were‚ in my opinion the most influential decade in the history of the world. Some people went from being preppy‚ well-kept human beings to turning into long-haired‚ earth- loving and careless people. When the citizens of today look back at the ‘60s‚ they think of one of the happiest decades their generation has ever seen if not the happiest they’ve ever went through. The “hippies” stressed that everybody be happy‚ calm and find peace through love and tolerance. This means that everybody
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Cultural and Social Change in the 1960’s The 1960’s in America was a decade characterized by evolving social issues and a rapid growth of many subcultures and culture in general. As their world changed around them and different issues presented themselves‚ people looked for areas of exppression in which their voices could be heard. This led to an explosion in all forms of art and literature. Areas like music changed in such dramatic ways as to rebel against past sounds and styles while civil
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power of words could drive Britain‚ one of the most powerful countries‚ to release their rule over India. He helped accomplish this by walking long marches protesting the wrongness of the Britain power over India. Just like Gandhi songwriters in the 1960’s used the power of the word to help achieve their desired results. Instead of making lectures‚ they decided to write songs filled with symbolism and meaning with a direct message. These people wrote passionate songs fighting for their rights. If these
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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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The Sexual Revolution of the 1960’s Sex and the 1960’s The 1960’s was a decade of many changes‚ revolutions‚ and experiments including the sexual revolution brought on by the ’sixties generation’. Free love was a popular term coined in the later sixties that meant everyone should love each other‚ sexually and non sexually. This was the first time in history that sex was not something only men could enjoy but women too. What came from this revolution was birth control‚ knowledge of the female
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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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The Beatles: to Fame and Back In the article entitled The Beatles written by Kurt Loder it expresses the ordeals the members went through to get to fame‚ and how fame slowly wilted each man away. “the Beatles were then‚ and remain to this day‚ the world’s most astonishing rock-‘n’-roll band” (Loder). When the Beatles fame grew to the American soil their first single was I want to Hold Your Hand‚ and She loves you followed in its footsteps. Within months the Beatles had five singles that were the
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who were born after the 1970’s take for granted how lucky we are as a country and nation to have overcome slavery and the steps against racism we have battled are way through. Slavery was ended when Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and was later ratified in December of 1865. Though this law ordered the end to slavery it did very little if nothing to stop the racism that was given towards blacks or any other minority. Until the late 1950’s not many presidents or Congressman
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think about the strides taken during the 1960’s for equal treatment of women. The sixties started off with a bang for women‚ as the Food and Drug Administration approved birth control pills‚ President John F. Kennedy established the President’s Commission on the Status of Women and appointed Eleanor Roosevelt as chairwoman‚ and Betty Friedan published her famous and groundbreaking book‚ “The Feminine Mystique” (Imbornoni). The Women’s Movement of the 1960’s was a ground-breaking part of American
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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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