Lecture 1 Flashcards
Hispanic Mlk Jr
Really a labor leader rather than a rep for Hispanics
Helped create the UFW United Farm Workers
Strikes/nonviolent civil disobedience to help migrant farm workers
Early an opponent of illegal immigration-later bc he was a symbol for Hispanics he chged view
Cesar Chavez 1927-1993
Margaret Sanger indirectly influenced Dr Gregory Pincus to create this bc she shed the lite on what life was like for poor women
First trial in 1954
Helped to start sexual revolution in 1960’s
The pill
Feminine mystique in 1963
NOW formed in 1968
claim to represent all women that really a liberal group today
Lost some credibility in 90’s for supporting Clinton and trashing his female accusers.
No support for Palin
Betty Friedan
National organization for women
NOW 1968
Helped contribute to a more youth oriented culture
Rock n roll
Major force in early rock n roll
American bandstand hosted by Dick Clark
Big rock ‘n roll names during this period
Elvis
Beatles
Buddy Holly from Lubbock had hits like Peggy Sue
Rock N roll origins came from primarily
African Americans origins
blues
jazz etc.
Some early Black stars included
Little Richard
Chuck berry
the four Tops
The temptations
Was condemned by older adults for being a corrupting influence and many races saw it as black music and try to ban it
Rock N roll
In the 1960s it became part of other revolutions
anti war
drugs
the sexual revolution etc.
Rock and roll the role it played in politics
First demonstrated in 1928
Television
An American inventor
Invented the first completely electronic tv
First to make a working electronic image pickup device (video camera tube)
First to demonstrate an all electronic tv to the public
Philo Taylor Farnsworth (Aug 19, 1906 - March 11, 1971)
Texaco Star theater
was probably the first TV star
Milton Berle
Show ran from 1947-56
Milton Berle stared in it
Texaco Star Theater
