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    These findings show that there were wide range of actors - from most privileged Beheiren movement to those JRA members who identified themselves as living under poverty – committed to the Japanese Sixties movement. Thus, the experiences of the people involved in the Sixties are certainly multiple. However, bringing back Beheiren and the JRA’s transnational activism into macro structural perspective, we can see that both movements were part of substantial change that the Japanese society was facing

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    Skinny Sixties Culture

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    Mrs.King January 20, 2016 Culture of the Sixties Most people loved the Sixties. People considered the Sixties as the skinny Sixties. The clothes, the music, and the feminist right movement were an important part of the Sixties, they were important to history. The clothes in the sixties. The clothes were way different from the clothes now. They were bright, colorful, and a lot of the time they were tye-dye. The Fashion of The Sixties said “They would wear the poor boy sweater with the

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    main point of the film is to show the tumultuous time of the sixties, how it went from students being active on campus about politics to the women’s movement. The movie has theme’s like alienation of the sixties generation compared to their parents’ generation. How a group of eight hundred students can make a difference if they can work together. How people began to think differently, rebelling against the normal standards. The sixties were a huge time of change, a lot of which took place in the

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    Bob Dylan And The Sixties

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    Bob Dylan played a vital role in the sixties counter-culture. His lyrics fueled the rebellious youth in America. Songs such as “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times are A-Changin” made him favorable to anti-war demonstrators and supporters of the Civil Rights movement. He was commonly referred to as the spokesman for his generation. Dylan used lyrics to empower the youth to find their own form of counter-culture. The youth generation began to see the effects racism had on society and the violence

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    Sixties Music Essay

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    Sadness could be the label of the sixties but it wasn't the only thing influencing culture. We often forget one of the most powerful influences of this time and through all of history to currently is music. The sixties is a decade that holds many history making changes, from assignations to wars, but looking back you can see what the music was about and it clearly points out why certain things were popular. It was a huge factor in culture and still is today. How can you define a decade? The

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    we are heading back to the sixties. A time era centered on individuality screamed a message of confidence that we still carry within our hearts today. The sixties revolved around expression, through the way you dressed in the slang you used. While society today is still interested in catching up on the latest trends, the bold style and funky language from the sixties will never be left behind. Current societies and language and fashion are heavily influenced by the sixties in a favorable way. School

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    Sixties Cultural Changes

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    The sixties were a period of extreme change. Inside homes, families began to become accustomed to the new technology surrounding them, but outside a political war was taking over America. After a decade of conformity, the sixties were the consequences, people began to rebel against the rules of society. The sixties showed the shift towards individualism, civil rights, and feminism. After living through this cultural shift from the fifties to the sixties, Brenda Meng shares her opinion on how these

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    time guzzling metal detectors at the airports... or the schools. There were no grouchy warning labels on the records and no ratings necessary on the movies. And TV shows were acceptable to the whole family. Those were the sixties or at least part of it. Some of the 52 million sixties' boomers called it the decade of peace, harmony and love mainly for the movement for peace and the "flower power" attitude. Others, a little more pessimistic, called it the decade of dissatisfaction because of the protests

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    The Turbulent Sixties Throughout American history, each generation has sought to individualize itself from all others preceding it. Decades of American history can be separated to represent a distinctive set of values, culture, and political ideals. The 1960's was a decade caught between euphoric, idealistic beginnings and a discordant, violent climax. The music of this time period produced a strong counterculture which sought to influence America in a way never before experienced. The songs were

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    The Sixties Scoop in Canada

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    ca/criticalsocialwork The online version of this article can be found at at: http://uwindsor.ca/criticalsocialwork/the http://uwindsor.ca/criticalsocialwork/the-sixties-scoop-implications-for-social-workers workers-andsocial-work-education Critical Social Work, 2010 Vol. 11 o. 1 11, Online publication date: May 2010 53 Alston-O’Connor The Sixties Scoop: Implications for Social Workers and Social Work Education

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