Taylor Headley
7th Grade English
Mrs. King
January 20, 2016
Culture of the Sixties The sixties was supposed to be the dawn of the golden age but that thought all changed. There was riots, bombings, shootings, and all of the time protest. The Civil Right Movement, Rebellion Against Family Values, and The Feminist Movement was an important decade for both white and african-american history in time. The Civil rights Movement had several aspects . It was a decade to fight for rights. Then, in “1960-70’s Civil Rights Movement” the author states, “there was many riots, shootings, bombings, and protest”. Shootings during the sixties happened everywhere. According, to Civil Rights Martyrs, Lamar Smith another ordinary guy, was shot in front of a courthouse lawn, but the person that shot him never was arrested. There was four school-age girls getting ready for sunday church and someone bombed the church. These people would shoot and kill children to adults. Even if it was people of their own race they’d kill them this was horrific. Pop Culture was a deep time for hippies. They were deeply into their music and how they expressed themselves. They listened to lots …show more content…
Due to all the historic events surrounding them they began to develop a "hippie" or "flower child" point of view. To escape from society, they lived in communes, sharing resources and growing their own foods. Teens of the 60’s were wild growing their hair out long, wearing usual clothes like tie-dyed shirts and bell bottom jeans. They listened to lots of music when they protested such as Bring 'Em Home" - Pete Seeger including many more this showed how they rebelled. Everybody listened to music from their pocket transmitter radios to the 8- track stereo in the car. It’s was popular but not as popular as the Peace Corps. Peace corps was a volunteer job that many people signed up for so they could help teach, and save people's lives. Young Americans flocked jobs to
7th Grade English
Mrs. King
January 20, 2016
Culture of the Sixties The sixties was supposed to be the dawn of the golden age but that thought all changed. There was riots, bombings, shootings, and all of the time protest. The Civil Right Movement, Rebellion Against Family Values, and The Feminist Movement was an important decade for both white and african-american history in time. The Civil rights Movement had several aspects . It was a decade to fight for rights. Then, in “1960-70’s Civil Rights Movement” the author states, “there was many riots, shootings, bombings, and protest”. Shootings during the sixties happened everywhere. According, to Civil Rights Martyrs, Lamar Smith another ordinary guy, was shot in front of a courthouse lawn, but the person that shot him never was arrested. There was four school-age girls getting ready for sunday church and someone bombed the church. These people would shoot and kill children to adults. Even if it was people of their own race they’d kill them this was horrific. Pop Culture was a deep time for hippies. They were deeply into their music and how they expressed themselves. They listened to lots …show more content…
Due to all the historic events surrounding them they began to develop a "hippie" or "flower child" point of view. To escape from society, they lived in communes, sharing resources and growing their own foods. Teens of the 60’s were wild growing their hair out long, wearing usual clothes like tie-dyed shirts and bell bottom jeans. They listened to lots of music when they protested such as Bring 'Em Home" - Pete Seeger including many more this showed how they rebelled. Everybody listened to music from their pocket transmitter radios to the 8- track stereo in the car. It’s was popular but not as popular as the Peace Corps. Peace corps was a volunteer job that many people signed up for so they could help teach, and save people's lives. Young Americans flocked jobs to