They saw it as a night to dress up and meet new people to get higher on the social ladder. The other people that were drawn to disco were Gays‚ Hispanic and also African Americans because it brought them freedom as well as self-actualization. Gays were one of the first population that was with disco since it began from the first disco club was open. The Hispanics‚ mostly Puerto Ricans and Cubans brought along their couple dance traditions to disco. The Hispanics kept the tradition of Bandstand-style
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This particular person is named Benjamin Bushyhead who lived in Montgomery‚ Alabama and worked at a local supermarket named Bushyhead’s Hindenburger Restaurant. By the way‚ Benjamin was a german folk that came to America for a better paying job‚ but he created his own restaurant. He owned his own apartment down a street where his restaurant is‚ so he doesn’t own a vehicle. He never missed a day at work and always did things right‚ especially helping people. But sometimes you never want to get on
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Chapter 2: Was the Black Panther Party scene realistic? After Forrest bumps into Jenny at the hippie event in Washington D.C.‚ she takes him to an underground meeting of the Black Panther Party to meet her boyfriend Wesley. The Black Panther Party was an African American revolutionary leftist organization from 1966-1982. They believed in preventing racism against blacks‚ and believed that all blacks deserved to be treated equally to whites in society. Wesley‚ the boyfriend of jenny‚ is the President
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Charles Manson was obviously the leader of this cult. He was an extremely charismatic leader and his followers loved him. The group identified themselves as a family. Hippies were often drawn into the family through promises that they would have a safe place to stay‚ that they would be loved‚ fed‚ and more for free. During this time hippies were often outcast from society so these promises that Charles Manson made to them must have sounded very appealing. Charles Manson isolated the members
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drunk. Since they were drunk‚ Mark let Brian cut off Angela’s long nice hair. The next day Angela’s friend Shepard beat up Brian for cutting off her hair. 4. The fourth major event was when Cathy and Brian went to look for Emenim. They found him in a hippy house. He was talking about spiders chewing him because he had used a drug called LSD and thats what it does to you. They brought him
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The fashion of the 1960’s has greatly impacted adults and teenagers behavior today for the better. Much like the era itself‚ women’s clothes underwent a revolution. The early 1960’s were similar to the 1950s in terms of style‚ the large full skirts and dark pant - suits were still considered the style of choice for most women. The idea was to emulate the glamour of Hollywood movies that captivated the public at this time. It was aimed at being formal‚ young people still had not discovered a reason
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challenge authority‚ environmental awareness‚ the sense that politics is personal‚ greater social tolerance‚ and changes in attitudes about marriage‚ gender roles‚ and child rearing. The 1960s was also known as being a decade full of slogans. Hippies chanted “turn on‚ tune in‚ and drop out‚” students would chant “Stop the War‚” Lyndon Johnson gave his word that he would build a “Great Society”‚ and John Kennedy encouraged Americans to seek a “New Frontier”. During this era‚ people of all backgrounds
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common ground community. There are over 12‚000 intentional communities in North America according to the website www.communa.org‚ many of them base their values on nature‚ therapy‚ and spirituality. Intentional communities are often associated with “Hippies“‚ which makes them have a negative connotation. The communes in the sixties were mostly populated by young people who were working against society‚ they were often rioting against the war in Vietnam. Now days the intentional communities are people
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By this title‚ I am guessing most of you are thinking what you will be doing next weekend or even tomorrow. You would be expecting me to write that I’m going to get ‘locked’ with my friends‚ but no! I hope to remember what I did the next day or even in a few years time…I want to be able to say when I’m old‚ that I lived my life to the fullest. Firstly‚ this summer‚ I don’t want to waste it like I did every other summer. I don’t want to sleep all day. I want to live‚ I want to visit museums‚ go
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Across North America during the 1970s close to a million young people‚ mostly from major urban centres‚ moved ‘back-to-the land’. United by a shared critique of consumer oriented society‚ capitalization and the homogenizing‚ often oppressive effects of mass media‚ the generation sought to live in ways that were more authentic‚ self-reliant and in better harmony to the natural world. There was an emphasis on nonconformity‚ self-sufficiency and on ‘doing’ itself. Leading thus to the formation of the
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