With fine fabrics and linens that were “soft and sunswept”, Leedy’s on Park Avenue had clothes for “discriminating girls of all ages”[1]. This advertisement reflects the changes in women’s fashion in the 1970s. After the 1960s, known as a decade of peaceful, nonviolent reform movements, the 1970s brought changes in gender roles. Many women demanded equal rights and advocated for careers...
Following the riveting decade of 1960s, African Americans started to act upon the social and political equality that they were granted by the Civil Right Movements. Some of these freedoms include the desegregation of schools and public areas and African American assimilation into society. This great shift allowed women such as Eleanor Mitchell teach in private universities such as Rollins College....
Detroit in the 1970s was undergoing trials and tribulations stemming from a variety of issues. Crime was at an all time high, the economy was in decline, and race relations of the city were in shambles. These issues were directly related to the changing demographics of the city. According to a map produced as part of a teacher training project for Detroit public schools, much of the city was geographically...
On returning home from Vietnam, some veterans were asked to testify before Congressional committees regarding their actions during the war. Rusty Sachs, a member of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 362, testified before Congress and explained his recollection of destroying villages and killing innocent civilians. Approximately twenty other soldiers testified from various branches of the armed...
The night of March 8, 1971 is one that will never be forgotten in sports history. This was the night of an international sports spectacle. This was the night that Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier attempted to settle the controversy over the world heavyweight boxing championship at Madison Square Garden. Never before had a boxing match meant so much, cost so much, viewed so much, or edged out the My...
Speaking to the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, former Army Captain John Kerry explained the atrocities and falsehoods that the soldiers on the ground were forced to carry out while serving in the Vietnam War from 1966-1970. He made it clear that the actions of the United States government and military leaders should not vanish into thin air.
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The concept of prisoners being viewed as human and having rights was not widely understood or enforced until the 1960s. Before the 1960s, prison officials operated prisons in the manner they deemed acceptable with little oversight. The courts utilized a “hands off doctrine” that did not give them the jurisdiction to interfere with prison operations. Challenging the hands off doctrine, Jones...
In 1971, schools attempting to overcome segregation faced fierce opposition in the North. The year before the South passed the North in integration of schools and the North’s integration record continued to decline in the 1960s. The question facing Americans was whether the busing plans would overcome the opposition. Some cities moved forward with the forced integration via busing, but other...
“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert,” Raoul Duke began, “when the drugs began to take hold.” Duke, Hunter S. Thompson’s pseudonym, continued, “I remember saying something like ‘I feel a bit light headed; maybe you should drive…’” Then in a flash of terror, Duke’s light-headedness turned dramatically into full blown drug induced hallucination and...
Birmingham’s pollution trouble had long been a recurring theme. For years, many had simply lived with the pollution as an everyday part of life. However, in 1971 the County Health Department issued pollution alerts on two separate occasions with daily particulate counts well above national averages. These measurements collected over separate areas of the city could not be ignored any further as...