Thursday, March 10, 2016
Social Movements during the 60s
During the 60s multiple social movements began to arise. The most well known being the Civil Rights Movement, lead primarily by Martin Luther King Jr. This movement wanted to stop segregation and discrimination against African Americans in public places. However, this movement was not the only important movement of the 60s and gave rise to even more social movements. One of these is the Women's Liberation Movement. This movement sought out more freedom for women and lead to sexual liberation, more access to birth control, and more accepted options for women rather than primarily taking care of the home. Another movement was the Environmental Movement, which was started by the book Silent Spring and caused people to begin to pay attention to environmental issues. The Latino Rights Movement also started in an attempt to get health and safety laws for farmers. The Latino's movement used the ideas of the Civil Rights Movement by boycotting and hosting similar marches. The Gay Rights Movement started as well and for the first time gay individuals would fight back against the police, and being gay was then no longer seen as a mental disorder. While all these progressive social movements began to arise and make changes to American Society, one group was not content will all the new changes happening in America. The Conservative Movement arose, against government power and regulations that were coming about do to the other movements. This was the first time that Conservatism was represented in government. Overall, the 60s brought about a lot of change, shaping the United States into the country it is today.
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Great overview. I like how you discuss what led to each of the movements. What do these movements have to do with the movements today? Are the same, improved or do they no longer exist?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Daphne. It would be interesting to know the relationship between past movements to the movements occurring right as we speak. Overall great post!
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