Introduction To The 1960s

1348 Words6 Pages
Tommy Yang Mr. Beck U.S. History 26 May 2007 United States, 1960-1970 The decade I chose to research on is from 1960 to 1970. An introduction to the 1960s: The American civil rights movement, cultural influence such as art and music, assassinations of Robert F Kenny, and Dr. King Jr., first man to walk on the moon, etc. There are other things I will include in each topic. The three important factors I will focus on are economic, political, and cultural. First, I’m going to review about United State’s cultures in the 1960s. This decade was the age for youth as 70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults (American Cultural). Some books were introduced at this time such as “To Kill a Mockingbird”. This book was written to review the social distinctions between races. Art also takes a big role around the 60s. Artist Alexander Calder was most famous for mobiles and sculptures. Helen Frankenthaler was another artist who did non-representational art. Their purpose was to inspire the viewer to leap into the unknown and experience art in their own way (American Cultural). Education is another important influence. Young men and women protested at the universities more than before.…show more content…
Within days the sit-ins spread throughout North Carolina, and within weeks they reached cities across the South. To continue students’ efforts and to give them an independent voice in the movement, college students in 1960 formed another civil rights group, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Students and activists soon adopted other methods of protesting segregation, such as freedom rides—bus trips throughout the South in order to desegregate buses and bus stations

More about Introduction To The 1960s

Open Document