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The 1960s
Title: The 1960s
Category: History
Details: Words: 1296 | Pages: 5.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
The 1960s
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The 1960’s were a time of great change in American society characterized by ethnic consciousness and civil rights, women’s rights and female liberalism, anti-war demonstrations, student protests, and the genesis of the counterculture. A noted speaker once said, “The Cold War, conformity, and consumerism provided the background for the social protests movement of the 1960’s. The cause of the protest movements were much more deeply rooted in U.S. institutions and history.” Although the …showed first 75 words of 1296 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1296 total…whites and blacks and united them under one cause-civil rights. Furthermore, this led successful women in the
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(SNCC) group to challenge their roles in the movement and eventually paved the way for the women’s rights movement so prevalent in the 1960’s. Thus the protest movements of the 1960’s were indeed rooted in the history and institutions of the 1950’s which were characterized by the threat of Cold War, conformity, and consumerism.
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