Tag Archives: 1960s

Fighting Education in America

by Georgia Fenwick Posted on December 7, 2010

Education in the United States has been a battle for many groups of people, focusing here on African Americans and women. A battle to gain the right to an American education that for a long time in history was not … Continue reading →

Posted in Assignment due December 7, TV24 | Tagged 1950s, 1960s, 2000, Brown v. Board of Education, education, segregation, women | Comments Off

Popular Fashion Trends Through the Decades: 1960’s-1980’s

by Maggie Tien Posted on December 7, 2010

Exercising suits 1980’s As you can tell from the pictures above, popular fashion trends come and go. Different fashion trends have been going on through the history of times. One of the popular trend on the blog are the flapper … Continue reading →

Posted in Assignment due December 7, TV24 | Tagged 1960s, 1970's, 1980's, disco, exercise, fashion, Hippies, outfits, popular, trends | Comments Off

“Eyes on the Prize”

by Edmond Tai Posted on December 1, 2010

Mavis Staples started her career with her family group, The Staples. Led by the father, Roebuck Staples, the group became a popular gospel group. By the mid-1960’s, they were inspired to be the voices of the civil rights movement as … Continue reading →

Posted in KM24, November 23 Assignment | Tagged 1960s, Blacks, civil rights movement, Protest | Comments Off

“The unknown Soldier”

by yg089586 Posted on November 28, 2010

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/EUQEqvxdBnk” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] “The unknown soldier” was from an American Rock band called The Door. This song appeared as the single for their 1968 album Waiting For The Sun. This song was written by the lead singer … Continue reading →

Posted in November 23 Assignment, TV24 | Tagged 1960s, Freedom, Vietnam | 2 Comments

Gospel Plow

by Jennifer Peng Posted on November 23, 2010

Freedom’s name is mighty sweet And soon we’re gonna meet Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on The interpretation of this song provides hope to the audience that is listening to the song. The lyrics to the best known … Continue reading →

Posted in November 23 Assignment, TV24 | Tagged 1960s, civil rights movement, protests, segregation | 3 Comments

Eve of Destruction

by harleen.multani Posted on November 23, 2010

In Barry McGuire’s song, “Eve of Destruction” became big a big hit when it was first released in 1965. The song aroused a lot of controversy and was even banned on certain radio stations but was a popular single among … Continue reading →

Posted in November 23 Assignment, TV24 | Tagged 1960s, civil rights movement, Cold war | Comments Off

IF I HAD A HAMMER

by chifai.yuen Posted on November 23, 2010

“If I Had a Hammer” is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, … Continue reading →

Posted in admin only: Featured, November 23 Assignment, TV24 | Tagged 1960s, civil rights movement, Freedom | 2 Comments

What’s going on

by William Posted on November 23, 2010

“What’s going on” is a song by Marvin Gaye that basically summarize what was going on in the 1960’s. He talks about black and women rights. Gaye also sings about protests and the hippies. He also brings up the huge … Continue reading →

Posted in November 23 Assignment, TV24 | Tagged 1960s, Freedom, Marvin Gaye, peace | 2 Comments

Glenda Collins- It`s hard to believe it

by Kreshnik Duka Posted on November 22, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwvH2SxiDrk This song has a relative meaning to America in the 1960s, specifically the Vietman War. This was an anti-war song by listening closely to the lyrics. The audience listening to this song may have a different perspective on the … Continue reading →

Posted in admin only: Featured, KM24, November 23 Assignment | Tagged 1960s, Anti-War, Protest, Song, Vietnam War | 1 Comment

We are all the same, we deserve freedom

by Lisa Yin Posted on November 21, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-d5x-CiTUs This song is called Freedom by Richie Havens. He sang this song during the Woodstock festival in 1969. To this day, that was his most impressive performance due to his opening which is the song he is singing in … Continue reading →

Posted in KM24, November 23 Assignment | Tagged 1960s, Freedom, richie havens | 1 Comment

The Eve of Destruction

by debbie.chu Posted on November 20, 2010

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/ntLsElbW9Xo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] During the 60s in America, there was an anti-war movement going on. Many of the protesters were college students. They were mainly against American entering the Vietnam War. One of the hit songs in … Continue reading →

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Free Spirit

by Lisa Wu Posted on November 20, 2010

The song is named Free Spirit and it was composed when the mothers from the WW2 wanted their daughters to have a better future which was having more freedom. The women wanted to be free and be out there. Birtha … Continue reading →

Posted in KM24, November 23 Assignment | Tagged 1960s, Women rights | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: 1960s

Fighting Education in America

Popular Fashion Trends Through the Decades: 1960’s-1980’s

“Eyes on the Prize”

“The unknown Soldier”

Gospel Plow

Eve of Destruction

IF I HAD A HAMMER

What’s going on

Glenda Collins- It`s hard to believe it

We are all the same, we deserve freedom

The Eve of Destruction

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