American Age Analysis

The United States of America is a dynamic nation. Stagnation in policy in addition to legislation never happens, for this nation is a nation of the people by the people. When the citizens at large want a change, they can have it. The US like any other nation sometimes the leader isn’t what it seems to be. Cover-ups and scandal while not common rip though our culture and destroy the faith in our government. Sometimes these leaders while having the best intentions are not as competent as we like them and do not perform to our standards. The American Age (1960-1988) was a time full of great examples of: greatness, crisis and scandal. The forms of greatness can take many forms. Liberty is great, the freedom to make your own choices and not be hindered is paramount in a system such as the US. The ability and right of its people to critique wrongs of the nation is just as important. The black civil rights movement highlighted both aspects of the country and the time -period. Leaders of the people such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and hundreds of thousands of others marched on Washington DC. The speech he gave was not for the nearly quarter of a million supporters, but for the nation to hear. As Dr. King’s, I had a Dream speech …show more content…
“(The women of), the movement are not "happy and contented" with their status.” They wanted to overthrow the caste system which did unarguably exist (wwnorton.com). They deserved the same professional, and personal freedoms as their male counterparts, which included their sexual freedom. The pill helped free women’s ability to be sexual, which helped the gender equality movement (Jeffery). The success of this is in party by the passing of the equal pay act of 1963, which was to, “To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce”