The 1960’s

FACTS about this decade

• Population 177,830,000• National Debt 286.3 Billion• Average Salary $4,743• Teacher's Salary $5,174• Minimum Wage $1.00

Intro

The 60’s were the age of the youth, as 70 million baby-boomers were now teenagers.

If the 50’s were conservative, the 60’s wanted change, including education, values, lifestyles, laws and entertainment. It was a revolution culturally, socially, politically.

Education

Lots of protests on campuses, especially the military draft.

Fight for equality for blacks

Fads and Fashions

Barbie dollGI JoeBell-bottomed jeansAfroPolyester pantsDouble breasted sports jackets

Historic Events

MLKJMalcolm X‘Blacks’ replace ‘Negroes’Hippie movement- endorsed drug use,

rock music, mystic religions, sexual freedom. Marijuana, LSD soared

Woodstock festival

Historic cont.

Cuban Missile CrisisJFK assassinatedVietnam war-draft dodgersMLKJ assassinatedMalcolm X assassinatedSpace Race- Neil Armstrong

Media

Broadway musicalsRadio and American BandstandChubby Checker-TwistFlintstones, Jetsons, Star Trek, Twilight

Zone

Sports

Muhammad AliWillie MaysWilt ChamberlainArnold Palmer

Art

Art in America was influenced by the desire to move into the modern age or future which the space age seemed to forecast.

Andy WarholTo Kill a MockingbirdWhere the Wild Things AreOne Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest