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    followed by a feeling of extreme relaxation. Rock soon began to articulate that separate sensibility that youth wished to express‚ a world view that rejected the values of establishment and embraced a new. (Jennings Brewster 392) People wanted a change in the rules and establishment. But they believed things werent going to get any better. So they had to make them seem better‚ or completely forget about them. Thats where the drugs came into play. It was commonly believed that the governments drug

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    Kennedy assess this issue best when he said‚ “If we cannot now end our differences‚ at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” While John F. Kennedy may have been president of The United States in the 1960s‚ the words he spoke weren’t exactly relevant during that time. In the 1960s era‚ African Americans were tirelessly fighting for equality. People were also judged and told not to do things based on others’ disdainful opinions. Culture was evolving back then and started opening

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    Today Changes of the Ideal Nuclear Family Change has become the constant in families all over the world. For years‚ the “Ideal Nuclear Family” was portrayed as the perfect family. The ideal nuclear family consists of a mother‚ father‚ and three to four children all in one home. The perception of this “perfect” family has been depicted through sitcoms such as‚ the Brady Bunch‚ The Cosby Show‚ and many more over time. As of today‚ The “Ideal Nuclear Family” has changed and has a new look in our

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    Time Capsule Unearthed: The 1960s Revisited Michelle Houle Kaplan University SS310 - Sociology Final Project Time Capsule Unearthed: The 1960s Revisited A poster with a large peace symbol on it (Rigby‚ A. (1998). A peace symbol’s origins. Peace Review‚ 10(3)‚ 475.‚ ) The peace symbol was a very prominent part of the 1960s since the era was filled with remembrance of the past wars merging with the new rawness of the Vietnam War. The symbol was designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom‚ .

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    Immigrants to the cities have‚ as groups‚ tended to occupy the lowest social and economic level.During the last thirty years efforts to combat racial discrimination have figured prominently in our history. The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s won the passage of important legislation; decisions of the Supreme Court and regulations of federal agencies have contributed greatly to fighting discrimination‚ yet it is obvious that a great deal more needs to be done.

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    Change in Indian Family

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    Change in the Family structure and Familial relation in India. Introduction Family structure is the way that a household or a family is set up. It is different for every family as families may have single parents‚ may have both parents or may have step parents involved. The family is a basic unit of society. The study of the change in the family structure in India is quite complex. With the increase in the urbanization and industrialization‚ the concept of the family in India‚ which once created

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    Family Life In The 1950's

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    Within the 1950s the prevalent family was a two parent family‚ both mother and father. In this duration separate families were unprecedented proximately as in the event that it was illicit to be discrete. It felt this way since the way society was‚ numerous didn’t require the mortification of being dissevered and mainly women were perplexed to induce disunited. You were anticipated to induce hitched and remain hitched no matter how hopeless life was for you‚ since separate was an ignominiously. Back

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    Americans because it brought them freedom as well as self-actualization. Gays were one of the first population that was with disco since it began from the first disco club was open. The Hispanics‚ mostly Puerto Ricans and Cubans brought along their couple dance traditions to disco. The Hispanics kept the tradition of Bandstand-style swing alive from the 1950’s throughout the 60’s. “The structure‚ step patterns and figures of disco Hustle are all essentially the same as 1950s American teen jitterbug/bop

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    The 1960s were one of the most creative periods in modern man’s history. Whether it was due to experimentation with drugs or anger over the Vietnam War‚ the 1960s were an overwhelming decade. The Assassinations of JFK and MLK shocked the US. The Beatles came across the pond and changed music forever. Although there were several tragic setbacks‚ civil rights made an amazing amount of progress‚ eventually culminating in the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964‚ which made it illegal to discriminate

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    In the discussion of how much of Dr. King’s Vision do I think has been realized today compared to the 1960s when he gave his speech and how much do I think has not changed. I believe M.L.K knew 1963 was only the beginning and everyone should not settle or Gabe up or the nation will continue to “send out bad checks”. Back in 1960s there were protests in the black community for example to be granted citizenship rights and stopping police brutality. Which has not changed because now there is

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