1960 Summer Olympics

Who knew that, on June 23, 1940, a legend would be born? But, more importantly, who knew that, in 1960, an inspiration would be made? That legend and inspiration was an Olympic sprinter by the name of Wilma Glodean Rudolph. When Wilma was an infant when she contracted polio, which led to paralysis in her legs. Even though the odds were never in her favor, Rudolph put herself to the test and went on to win three gold medals in various track events at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Wilma Rudolph inspires me for her perseverance through hard times, doing what was once perceived as impossible, and for pushing herself to do her very best, no matter what. To begin with, Wilma Rudolph never gave up, even when times were difficult. In agreement, when Wilma contracted polio, even while living in a crowded household with a low income, she managed to set aside her struggles and survived. Also, due to her skin color in the white supremacist 1960s, it was hard to obtain a leg brace from the local hospital at an affordable price, but, she stuck to it and eventually was able to obtain a custom made orthotic. Despite the uncomfortableness, she followed the doctor’s instructions and, eventually, was able to walk again. Connecting on a more personal level, I have a type of…

Working Title Food and drink. We all consume them, as they’re a huge part of live, something we all need to survive. Thanks to great minds of the present and past, we’ve been able to create and manufacture new and better consumable items. The 1960s gave us many new changes in the food industry, drink industry, and new branded snacks and pop. The sixties brought us many new innovations in the food industry. For example, “Dominos added delivery to the pizza business when they opened their first…

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a common interest that brings them together. The 1960s was a time of not only prominent mainstream culture but also counterculture. The mainstream culture was notably defined by four different concepts that connected white middle and upper class Americans: Patriotism, believing in the institution of marriage, the American dream, and the idea that conformity kept society ordered. In contrast, the counterculture of the time went against all of these ideals, believing in rejecting traditional…

While reading President Richard Nixon’s first inaugural speech, I could visualize all men working together towards a common goal of peace. Nixon voiced his desire for the American people just as the presidents did before him, we want peace and equality for all mankind; black and whites working together, to create a habitat of freedom throughout the world, peace at home and equality for all men black and white alike, working together dominating none. At the age of nine years old we moved from…

using mathematical models with heavy reliance on numbers and quantitative analysis. According to Hudson, synoptic planning has roughly four classical elements: (1) specification of goals and targets; (2) identification of policy alternatives; (3) evaluation of means against ends; and (4) implementation of policy. Edward Banfield is believed to be one of the many students of the planning process who developed these steps. Synoptic planning has been a dominant planning tradition but this tradition…

discrimination towards African-Americans. Martin Luther King (Jr.) was an activist of this movement, on August 28th, 1963; he gave his public speech “I Have A Dream” during the March on Washington. Rosenberg (2014) states “the civil rights movement raised the issue of racial discrimination in a way that was impossible to ignore” (p.5). Due to the non-violent protests, this event led to the enactment of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, forbidding discrimination of sex, race, etc. The Women’s…

When did “the Sixties” really begin? The year 1960 marks the calendar beginning of the decade, but the era’s explosion into consciousness as something new, something different, something dramatic is more often remembered symbolically. Perhaps it was the election of a romantic Camelotesque president south of the border, or the seeming end of innocence symbolized by that president’s murder; or the screaming arrival of the Beatles. An era of so many memories, its beginnings are difficult to…

Have you ever thought of what life was like back then, for example, in the 60’s… Was life better? When I say “the 60’s,” you may think of the VW bus that’s painted your favorite colors, but I’m talking about the bigger things. In the 1960’s, you had things like life changing movements, awe- inspiring music, unforgettable style, and prominent authors. Just so many positive aspects that would make you want to live in this time. “A lot of good things came out of the 60’s,” is what the majority of…

the 1960s, the first man landed and walked on the moon which brought the US population together in a way that could never be recreated in today's society. Society has changed in many major ways since the 1960s. Some changes that were made were for the better and some changes that were made were for the worse. Although today's society has many positive changes from the 60s, today's society has so many new technologies, and people do not interact with each other like they did in the 1960s…