Social Change in the 60's - US History

1921-2006. American feminist, activist and writer. Best known for starting the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book "The Feminine Mystique".

National Organization of Women, 1966, Betty Friedan first president, wanted Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforce its legal mandate to end sex discrimination

Leader of the women's rights movement

"Tune in, Turn on, Drop Out," was a common phrase of this movement. Beatniks, Hippies, Flower-children. Became popular during the Vietnam War. Huge party at Woodstock, NY in the Summer of 1969.

Hippie neighborhood in San Fransisco during the 1960's

A rock 'n' roll singing group from Liverpool, England that was phenomenally popular in the middle and late 1960s.

3 day rock concert in upstate N.Y. August 1969, exemplified the counterculture of the late 1960s, nearly 1/2M gather in a 600 acre field

A singer/songwriter in the 1960's who used music and her reputation to make civil rights and nonviolence important issues in the publics eyes

An American commercial illustrator and artist famous for his Campbell's soup painting. He was the founder of the pop-art movement, which like all other art movements in history reflected something back on the present society.

is the term that refers to the style of music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the late 1960's. The Sound was a mixture of several popular musical styles and can be considered a form of soul music.

Female vocal group who were featured artists with Motown Records in the 1960s. Their song "You Can't Hurry Love" was a Number One hit in 1966.

This American Group, led by Jim Morrison, was known for their dark sound.

British rock band starting in the 1960's recorded the concept album "Exile on Main Street" in 1972. Still performing today. "I can't get no satisfaction"

On November 22, 1963, he assassinated President Kennedy who was riding downtown Dallas, Texas.

Night club owner assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963