The Informer: Looking Back at the 60s

The Informer - Looking back at the 60’s -

Includes: 60’s Fashion Fever, Sports Reviews, Music Hits.. and more!

The Beatles 1960’s

Contents Fashion Fever by Ale Bonadies Pg. 3 Favored Foods by Ale Bonadies Pg. 4 Education by Ale Bonadies Pg. 5 Sports Review by Marcelo Paredes Pg. 6 Today’s Politics by Marcelo Paredes Pg. 7 The Vietnam War by Marcelo Paredes Pg. 9 & 10 Celebrity Gossip by Ale Bonadies Pg. 11 Music Hits by Carlos Sanchez Pg. 12 Civil Rights by Carlos Sanchez Pg. 13 & 14 Film and Theater by Carlos Sanchez Pg. 15 Today’s Culture by Matthew Garcia Pg. 16 Law and Justice by Matthew Garcia Pg. 17 The Way We Live by Matthew Garcia Pg. 19 Weekly Book Review by Marcelo Paredes Pg. 20 Weekly Games by Carlos Sanchez Pg. 21

Fashion Fever

At the beginning of the sixties, most of us followed the trends of some of the most fashionable women of our decade. The way we dressed was more reminiscent than that of the 1950’s, as it was more conservative, restrained, and more classic in style and design.

In the early years, the fashion idol was Jackie Kennedy, with her perfectly white pearls and tailored suit dresses. By the end of the middle of the 60’s, Twiggy, a supermode, had women freeing their minds and bodies into wearing clothing that didn't require extra thought of effort. They were modest, and thought that “there is no such thing as too short.”

Later in our decade, it was the exact opposite. We wore bright and swirling colors like tie-dye shirts. We had our long hair and beards, as they were commonplace.

Women decided to wear extremely short skirts as the men wore tunics and capes. At this time, women were showing more skin than ever before.

London, for the first time in the 19th century, was the center of the fashion world.

The mid-60’s, I think, had the coolest style, as it was a bit more subtle. There were long, slender shapes, with bright colors, portraying the young, London look.

Favored Foods

Food, now and then has not greatly changed. The most common type of food in the 60’s was fast food, like McDonald's, which is still one of the top fast food chains today. They enjoyed what we still enjoy today, and those are foods like pizza and burgers. Not only did the restaurant's changed the way they looked, but prices have gone way up from then to now.

Even though the food may have been quite the same, the packaging was way different. There were different ads, but most companies have remained the same, and others have either grown, or lost popularity.

Due to the growing tension over the Vietnam War and hippies with an unquenchable hunger, people began making their own products such as fresh bread, peanut butter, tahini, and hummus.

Education The education that went on throughout the 60’s was very different from the type of education and teaching we have nowadays.

Each class then had about 30 students, with one teacher in each, who was most likely quote strict. Government had wanted children to attend school as early in their lives as they could, so they could learn reading, writing, and arithmetics, The only men who were able to get out of drafts into the war were those who really looked forward to studying a specific subject, as they wanted to strive in being what they were slowly becoming.

In the mid 60’s (1964), the Civil Rights Act was passed, ordering schools to be desegregated. Then later in 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was used to improve schools that were in need of it the most, so the Head Start, one of Johnson’s programs, was created.

Sports Review SUPER BOWL 1 GREEN BAY- 35 KANSAS CITY-10 THE GREEN BAY PACKERS ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS! They won the game for the great town of Green Bay. Their coach Vince Lombardi was very happy with the performance of the team. The mvp of the game was star quarterback Bart Starr. Bart Starr completed 16 passes from 23 attempts and threw for 250 yards. He also threw two touchdowns and one interception.

Their fullback Jim Taylor helped the rushing game with 56 yards and a touchdown. The game was a landmark as it was the first Super Bowl in history.

Today’s Politics

John Fitzgerald Kennedy is the perfect presidential candidate for his time. Young and active, he presents a clear contrast to the older, increasingly weak Eisenhower. A Harvard-educated war hero, he represented his smarts as well as personal courage. This is the right combination for steering America toward renewed international leadership.

A good public speaker and an talented analyst of the nation’s mood, he articulated a vision that took direct aim at American fears that aging leadership had left America vulnerable to communism and defeat in war. “Let the word go forth . . . that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans,” he declared in his inaugural speech to presidency.For those who feared that materialism was killing the American spirit he said: “ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”

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The Vietnam War Many people are against the US involvement in the Vietnam War. The anti-war movement began mostly on college campuses, as members of the leftist organization Students for a Democratic Society. It began organizing “teach-ins� to express their opposition to the way in which it was being done. Though the majority of the American population still supports the administration policy in Vietnam, a small, liberal group was making its voice heard by the end of 1965. This minority includes many students as well as prominent artists and intellectuals and members of the hippie movement, a growing number of young people who rejected authority and embraced the drug culture.

The Vietnam War (2) Many chemicals are being used in the Vietnam War. One of the strongest is Agent Orange. Agent Orange was a powerful mixture of chemical deforesters used by U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, as well as crops that might be used to feed them. It was later revealed to cause serious health issues–including tumors, birth defects, rashes, psychological symptoms and cancer– among returning U.S. servicemen and their families as well as among the Vietnamese population.

Celebrity Gossip

Say what?!?!?!?

So, it was going around that President John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe got a little closer than expected. It was told that they never had a relationship long enough to qualify as a full-fledged affair, but the evidence suggests that they had gotten “together” at least once.

As Ralph Roberts, a friend of Marilyn, was being interviewed he had clarified what Monroe had told him about her sexual experiences with JFK. After one night, she said it was the only time of her affair with JFK, but for a year, he had been trying to have an evening with her.

AFter that weekend, there was definitely more to it. Marilyn then clarified that it had only been once, that weekend, and that was it.

The next and last time that Monroe and kennedy had crossed paths was at his 45th birthday party and Madison Square Garden.

She had performed for him, “Happy Birthday Mr. President.” After that performance, JFK closed off any possibility of relationship with Monroe, mostly because of the rumors as well as the press.

Music Hits

Looking back at the 1960’s, one could easily say that it was the startup decade for rock music. Great artists shared amazing records throughout this decade, some of albums released in the 60’s have easily become classics. A few examples include The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) by; The Beatles. Highway 61 Revisited (1965) by: Bob Dylan. Let It Bleed (1969) by: Rolling Stones. These rock albums not only had an impact on society as good music usually does, but due to the Civil Rights movement society had an impact on music. A great example is through African - American singer Nina Simone who sang hit songs including “Mississippi Goddam” and “Black is The Color of My true Love’s Hair” changed history forever as she inspired a devotion to change America.

Also due to white people accepting more African - Americans into society and treating them equally. More black artists arose through that era. Some examples include early work from Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and even the highly respected James Brown.

Civil Rights The Civil Rights movement was a period during 1960’s that involved a lot of protest and “disobedience search “for equal rights of all citizens.

Still after African Americans became free people due to the Emancipation Proclamation, black people had still lived in an unequal society.They were not treated with the same respect as white southerners. Black people were divided from the whites as they could not even be in the same public facilities and were put into worse untreated buildings. The civil Rights Movement to make a difference equal rights took several years but there were a lot of different actions done by the African - American community to get the attention of the United States.

One very important black protest was in December 1, 1955. Rosa Parks of Montgomery, Alabama had refused to give her seat to another white man on the bus. By not giving up her seat Parks was breaking a custom that required blacks to give seats toward the front of buses to whites. Afterwards she was jailed, a black community boycott of the city’ s buses began. This boycott was very important for the Civil Rights Movement and it lasted more than a year, this had cause a reaction of inspiration among the African- American communities in the U.S.

Civil Rights (2) Martin Luther King, Jr., had quickly became the boycott movement’s most effective leader. Mr. King Jr. had created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to try and get black people the rights they deserved. The SCLC protest strategy achieved its first major success in the year 1963 when the group launched a major campaign in Birmingham, Alabama. With the confrontations between the SCLC nonviolent protesters, and the violent police on the other side, got northern’s sympathy towards the African Americans fighting for what they believe in. The Birmingham clashes and other simultaneous civil rights efforts caused President John F. Kennedy to push for the creation of new civil rights legislation. The effective protests culminated in the August 28 was named “March on Washington”, which attracted at around 200,000 participants. This very vividly showed the country an idea of what the civil rights movement really is about and that black people were willing to fight to get what they want.

Film & Theater Looking back at the 1960’s various classic films came about.

This decade became the startup of different genre based classics.

Various children’s films came out during this decade, the most significant animated film was Disney’s The Jungle Book. More famous Family films that entertained millions of children include Disney’s The Parent Trap , Disney’s Mary Poppins, and Batman: The Movie. Even the horror movie genre received one of the best films of the century, this is Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Another instant comedy classic that arose is Breakfast at Tiffany’s which showed a classic star Audrey Hepburn at her best. But the different genre mixed films had not stopped there as even the classic family musical The Sound of Music came to theaters.

Even the theater had its glorifying moments during the 1960’s with classic plays such as Coco (1969) starring Katherine Hepburn in the dramatic musical. Another very well known play that saw the light during the 1960’s is Dear World an adaptation of Giroux's dark comedy The Madwoman of Chaillot. These are only a very few examples of film & theater that had its moments from the early 60’s to the late 60’s.

Today’s Culture The generation of the sixties is the youngest ever and the most influential of American History. Most Americans are under the age of 18 and it has sparked the largest civil rights movement ever.

Also all-around costs are going up. The average house went from $16,500 to $27,900. Postage stamps have going from 4 cents to 6 cents. A gallon of gas has gone from 31 cents to 35 cents. A dozen of eggs has gone 57 cents to 62 cents. Also a gallon of milk has gone from 49 cents to $1.10.

Books like How to Kill a Mockingbird are increasingly popular, mostly because of how they reflect today’s society. Televisions are also on the rise. Today about 95% of homes own a television. Also televisions are causing a decrease in movie theaters as more people choose to stay home and watch television. Also an increase in radios has allowed us to hear some of our favorites artists, like the Beatles.

Law and Justice Most of the major cases of this decade and probably of this century deal with civil rights. The first of these cases is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka started in 1951. Mr. Brown wanted his daughter to go to a school a little closer to home, but the local school was for whites only. His case reached the Supreme Court in 1954, where he was represented by Thurgood Marshall, head of the NAACP legal section. The court was on Mr. Brown’s side and a year later, the Court ordered desegregation of schools.

Another big case was Miranda v. Arizona. Ernesto Miranda was convicted on the basis of a confession that was obtained before he had access to a lawyer. The Supreme Court ruled that this violated the Fifth Amendment and then released Ernest Miranda. Now police must advise the arrested of their rights.

Another case was Tinker v. Des Moines School District. Tinker was a highschool student who wore an armband to protest the Vietnam War. Her school prevented her from wearing the armband. The Supreme Court ruled that this violated the First Amendment. This ruling prevented schools from interfering with a student’s right to free speech unless it causes major disruption of the school day.

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The Way We Live Now more people are out of the house and working. The Equal Rights Act helps everyone gets equal pay. Books like the Feminine Mystique have redefined a woman’s role in society.

Now more women are out working like their husbands.

Minorities have also gained their rights and are out looking for jobs.

Also the television has become increasingly popular. Over 95% of households own a television.

Movie theaters are on the decline because most people choose to stay at home and watch television. Television allows them to see what is currently happening in the world. Television has also played a big role in the disapproval of the Vietnam War because it is the first war that people could watch live from the safety of their home.

Weekly Book Review The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the family. It is a rich and brilliant chronicle of life and death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the noble, ridiculous, beautiful, and tawdry story of the family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.

Weekly Games

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“The Best to You Each Morning”

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