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    (their) race…” (Book 205)‚ which is defined as “a group of people who share a set of characteristics…deemed by society as being socially significant” (book207). Ironically‚ racial segregation continues today in the form of racial residential segregation‚ which is a persistent and complicated problem that was not solved through the “civil rights movement of the 1960s” (Book 207). However‚ to thoroughly understand why racial residential segregation continues‚ the social factors that contributes to this

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    in the deep south‚ racism began to rise on the forefront. During the 1960s racism in the south was part of everyday life‚ racism was so bad Negros were dropping left and right. America is a culture of many races‚ to understand segregation and the level of its severity‚ we have to understand the problems blacks and whited have. Those problems are bitter and unfair treatment of blacks and segregation among everyday life. The 1960s were climactic point in America history‚ America was forged in the fires

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    8/23/2013 Changes in Families Within the last two generations‚ I can see the change in my family. Beginning with the generation immediately before mine; my mother was the only one out of 7 siblings to make it to a four year college. While‚ most of her siblings have good work ethic‚ a lot of emphasis was not placed on education. In my generation‚ I have quite a few cousins including myself‚ that have completed some form of higher education. Another personal observation is that most of my mother’s

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    Two eras in time were the 1930’s and 1960s. Both of these two periods in time are interesting in their own ways. Also people usually think the 1960s were all about fun which wasn’t always true. In addition people think that a main event in the 30’s was the Great Depression which in fact is true but there’s more to the 30’s than most people think. There are many seminaries and differences in these two are fashion‚ inventions/technology‚ and music. Three similarities between them are the people involved

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    My most significant accomplishment was being first chair trumpet. When I first started playing trumpet in fifth grade‚ I was terrible at it. I started practicing more in middle school‚ but I still wasn’t progressing much. I then started taking lessons during sixth grade and learned that my mouth position was very wrong. My lesson teacher was able to help me fix that problem but then I got braces. When I got braces‚ I took a huge step back. I had to relearn how to play the trumpet. I eventually got

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    Sports in the 1960s Professional athletes are celebrities in today’s world. The superstars of their sport get paid millions of dollars every year. They are also role models for many young people that wish to play the same sport. But it wasn’t always that way; however‚ sports have always been affected by the culture of that time. In the 1960s sports have been affected by war‚ racism‚ and politics. The Vietnam War and political assassinations of the 1960s were paramount. A shocking event that occurred

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    materials" - Paco Rabanne 1966. The 1960s was a decade of great change‚ inviting new ideas and fashion trends which still have a noticeable influence today. The beginning of the era showed fashion aimed at a wealthy mature audience‚ quality of material was important and mainly natural fabrics were used‚ and trends were largely dictated by high profile designers‚ and the price often reflected the work gone into producing these. However throughout the 1960s style influence evolved and began to be

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    Music from the 1960s and 1970’s is much different than music of today. Classic rock was started in the 1960s as a cause of the British invasion‚ which included the discovery of bands such as the Beatles‚ Led Zeppelin‚ and Pink Floyd. The British invasion influenced garage rock which many high school aged boys would participate in. Some examples of garage rock inspired bands are: the Yarbirds‚ the Animals‚ the Rolling Stones‚ the Kinks‚ and the Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Also

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    Imagine that you are an African American living in the south during the 1960s. During this time segregation would have been a daily problem for you. Segregation is when people are separated based on things like gender‚ race‚ or skin color. In the United States‚ from the end of the Civil War until 1964‚ people were separated by race. For example‚ white and black people could not attend the same schools‚ go to the same pools‚ movie theaters‚ or restaurants together and they could not use the same

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    Robert Vahrenhold SS310: Exploring the 1960s: An Interdisciplinary Approach Prof. William Rookstoolii Cold War Assignment During the 1960s‚ one of the most thing that the American government and the American people had to face was the Cold War. People who grew up during the 1950’s‚ 60’s‚ and 70’s would have talked about the war like it was an everyday thing. But‚ as the years and decades have gone by people have might have a different option and some might not even know or remember what

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