1960

The News makes the world look as though it has never been worse; they could not be any more wrong. The standards of living in the world has increased dramatically. Some would argue that life has been worse now than it has ever been. Some would say the 1950s was better than now. There are many great aspects about the 1950s as World War II ended, however, many bad aspects as well. Life is better today than it was in the 1950s due to the superior standards of health, better conditions for people…

The counterculture movement of the 1960s reflected an American society that was self-serving and un-patriotic to some, but to others, it was a reflection of a liberating and pleasure-seeking America. There were clear distinctions at this time between the “old” and the “new”. Baby boomers rejected the cultural standards of their parents because they wanted to pursue their own versions of happiness, but their parents’ generation believed that they were destroying the democratic ideals that…

America is browning. As politicians, schoolteachers, and grandparents attempt to decipher what that might mean, Richard Rodriguez argues America has been brown from its inception, as he himself is. As a brown man, I think . . . (But do we really think that color colors thought?) In his two previous memoirs, Hunger of Memoryand Days of Obligation, Rodriguez wrote about the intersection of his private life with public issues of class and ethnicity. With Brown, his consideration of race, Rodriguez…

The 1960s: The Age of Paradox The term “the sixties” is a misnomer. The period did not merely span the decade of the sixties but instead stretched from the Brown Decision in the 1950s until the Fall of Saigon in 1975. This sixties was a paradoxical time in the United States, on the one hand it was a time of great prosperity while on the other it was a time of great unrest. The quality of American life was better than it had ever been, with more students in college and more individuals working…

Woodstock The 1960’s marked a huge turning point in American history. Music continued to become more and more influential in everyday life. By the mid 1960’s, young Americans began to feel progressively more frustrated by the society they were being brought up in. The youth had to witness women be suppressed and discredited strictly based on gender. Many women revolted against the traditional housewife position that men felt the need to impose on their wives. The youth had to watch colored men…

: 2 The 1960’s was a decade of revolution and change in politics, music, and society around the world. It was an era of protest. The decade shaped the country and made it how it is today. There were numerous amounts of leaders, presidents, motivators, etc. that changed how the society lived then, and how we now live our day to day lives right this very moment. They all wanted a change in equality, and freedom for the people. Martin Luther King Jr. was the most influential voice of the…

The 1960’s brought forth an era of profound social and cultural change which forever changed the political, cultural, and social landscape of America. Many challenged the traditional values of the past and actively opposed the decisions of the government. By this time, minority groups including African American and women, who had previously been treated as subordinate, began to forcefully assert themselves. Women demanded equal rights and African American fought for racial equality. The Civil…

The History The 1960s saw a radical convergence in pop culture phenomenon that swept through the UK. London especially, was greeted with new music, film, fashion and social change and for the first time in history, young people had other options than to dress up like their parents, in junior versions of adult clothing. The sixties saw the young generation making modern, sharp, sophisticated and minimalist fashion that they wanted to wear and hence the ‘Mod look’ (modernist) was born. The…

The 1960s was absolutely rife with incidents and events which could easily have erupted into WW3. The decade-spanning Vietnam War which in 1968 was intensified with the launch of the North 's Tet Offensive and an increasing amount of anti-war sentiment from the US Public; various African post-colonial independence movements throughout the decade; the 1961 Berlin Crisis that saw Soviet and American tanks face off across the East-West Berlin border; the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against newly…

Over the past few weeks I have been accumulating Information about the economy over the past fifty something odd years, and to say the least I was blown away by my findings. My discussions mainly centered on the economy through the 1960’s which was in the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. Two weekends ago I made a trip home to Topeka to speak with my Grandmother, Nina Whitten (73 years old) about what she remembered about the economy back during that time period. This particular topic was a…