A Time of Upheaval

Question

A Time of Upheaval

Is there a single person or event you think exemplifies the changing US society of the 1960s and 1970s? Explain your choice and why you chose it. Or, explain why you think no single person or event exemplifies this period. Then, name an event that you think illustrates the changing perceptions of authority within the United States in the 1960s and 1970s and explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Here are some suggestions for historical figures and events that fit the criteria of your assignment:

35th American President John F. Kennedy

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rosa Parks

Malcolm X

The Civil Rights Movement

The Women's Movement

The Black Panthers

37th American President Richard Nixon

The Vietnam War

Putting man on the moon in 1969

The Summer of Love and the hippie countercultural movement

The Watts Riots

American popular music from the 1960s and '70s and its impact on sociopolitical movements and everyday people