The sixties were the age of youth, as
70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults.  The movement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in revolutionary ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life.  No longer content to be images of the generation ahead of them, young people wanted change. The changes affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment.  Many of the revolutionary ideas which began in the sixties are continuing to evolve today.

HISTORIC EVENTS 

The Civil Rights movement made great changes in society in the 1960's.  The movement began peacefully, with Martin Luther King and Stokely Carmichael leading sit-ins and peaceful protests, joined by whites, particularly Jews. Malcolm X preached about Black Nationalism.  After his assassination, the Black Panthers were formed to continue his mission.  In 1965, the Watts riots broke out in Los Angeles.  The term "blacks" became socially acceptable, replacing "Negroes." 

The Presidential Commission of the Status of Women (1963) presented disturbing facts about women's place in our society.   Betty Friedan, Pauli Murray and Gloria Steinem,  (National Organization for Women) questioned the unequal treatment of women, gave birth toWomen's Lib, and disclosed the "glass ceiling."  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was amended to include gender.  The birth control pill became widely available and abortion for cause was legalized in Colorado in 1967.  In 1967, both abortion and artificial insemination became legal in some states.

When Fidel Castro, soon after overtaking Cuba, declared that he was a communist, the United States broke off diplomatic relations.  Castro seized American property.  The CIA attacked Cuba in an ill-fated mission at the Bay of Pigs.  In 1962, a spy plane identified long range missiles in Cuba.  President John F. Kennedy  readied troops to invade Cuba, and the Soviet Union prepared to fire at US cities if we made a move.

John F. Kennedy was young and charismatic, and his brief reign as president was often called Camelot.  He was assassinated byLee Harvey Oswald in 1963. His Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson became president, and was reelected the following year.  To prevent communist North Vietnam from overtaking South Vietnam, the United States sent military advisors and then soldiers. 

The Space Race, begun by the Soviets in 1957, was highlighted by Alan Shepard, the first American in space in 1961.  In 1963, John Glennwas the first American to orbit the earth.  Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, in Apollo XI, were the first men to walk on the moon in 1969.

Vietnam war 

Jhon F. Kennedy 

Martin Luther King

Neil Armstrong

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald  Kennedy

 (May 29, 1917 - Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963) He  was known as John F. Kennedy, Jack Kennedy by his friends and popularly as JFK. Chosen in 1960, Kennedy turned into the second president more young man of his country, after Theodore Roosevelt. He practised as President from 1961 up to his murder in 1963. His government took place the invasion of Bay of Pigs, the crisis of the missiles of Cuba, the construction of the Wall of Berlin, the beginning of the spatial career, the consolidation of the Movement for the Civil laws in The United States, as well as the first events of the War of Vietnam.

During the Second World war, it stood out for his leadership as commander of the torpedo boat PT-109 in the area of the South Pacific. With 43 years of age, he was the presidential candidate of the Democratic party in the choices of 1960, defeating Richard Nixon in one of the most exact votings of the presidential history of the country. Kennedy had been the last person in being chosen exercising the senator's post too has been the catholic Roman only one in he was elected a president of EE. UU. up to the date, as well as the only one born during the First World war and also the first one born in the 20th century.

The president Kennedy died murdered on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, The United States. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested and defendant of the homicide, but it was murdered two days later by Jack Ruby for what they could not submit it to judgment. The Commission Warren concluded that Oswald had operated only in the murder. Nevertheless, the Select Committee of the Chamber on Murders thought in 1979 that a conspiracy could exist concerning his murder. The topic has been very debated and multiple theories exist on the magnicidio. The crime was an important moment in the history of the United States due to his traumatic impact in the memory of the nation.

Many have considered Kennedy to be an icon of the aspirations and American hopes; in some surveys realized in his country it continues being estimated as one of the best presidents of the United States.

Fashion.

FASHION

The 1960's began with crew cuts on men and extravagant hairstyles on women. Men'scasual shirts were often plaid and buttoned down the front, while knee-length dresses were required wear for women in most public places. By mid-decade, miniskirts or hot pants, often worn with go-go boots, were revealing legs, body wear was revealing curves, and women's hair was either very short or long and lanky. Men's hair became longer and wider, with beards and moustaches. Men's wear had a renaissance. Bright colors, double-breasted sports jackets, polyester pants suits with Nehru jackets, and turtlenecks were in vogue. By the end of the decade, ties, when worn, were up to 5" wide, patterned even when worn with stripes. Women wore peasant skirts or granny dresses and chunky shoes. Unisex dressing was popular, featuring bell bottomed jeans, love beads, and embellished t-shirts. Clothing was as likely to be purchased at surplus stores as boutiques. Blacks of both genders wore their hair in an afro

MUSIC

In 1960, Elvis returned to the music scene from the US Army, joining the other white male vocalists at the top of the charts; Bobby Darin, Neil Sedaka, Jerry Lee Lewis, Paul Anka, Del Shannon and Frankie Avalon. America, however, was ready for a change. The Tamla Motown Record Company came on the scene, specializing in black rhythm and blues, aided in the emergence of female groups such as Gladys Knight and the Pips, Martha and the Vandellas, the Supremes, and Aretha Franklin, as well as some black men, including Smokey Robinson, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, and the Temptations. Bob Dylan helped bring about a folk music revival, along with Joan Baez and Peter, Paul & Mary. The Beach Boys began recording music that appealed to high schoolers. The Beatles, from England, burst into popularity with innovative rock music that appealed to all ages. The Righteous Brothers were a popular white duo who used African American styling to create a distinctive sound.

There was a major change in popular music in the mid-1960's, caused in part by the drug scene. Acid Rock, highly amplified and improvisational, and the more mellow psychedelic rock gained prominence. When the Beatles turned to acid rock, their audience narrowed to the young. Jefferson  Airplane and the Grateful Dead grew out of the counterculture in 1967. The musical phenomena of the decade were Woodstock, a three day music festival that drew 400,000 hippies and featured peace, love, and happiness...and LSD. Folk music  contributed to the counterculture.

ELVIS PRESLEY

One refers to him frequently as “The king of the rock and roll " or simply the King. It was born in In Tupelo, Mississippi, but when he was 13 years old one changed close to his family Memphis, Tennessee where, in 1954, it began his artistic career when Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, saw in him the way of expanding the Afro-American music. Accompanied for the guitarist Scotty Moore and the counter bassist Bill Black, was one of the creators of the rockabilly, to style of rapid tempo stimulated by grazes constant that consists of to merger of country music and rhythm and blues. Presley is considered to be one of the most important figures of the popular culture of the 20th century. It had a versatile voice and an unusual success in many kinds, between them the country, the pop, the ballads, the gospel and the blues.
Likewise, it is a question 10 11 12 as the soloist with more sales in the history of the music popular 9 Nominated to 14 prizes Grammy, it gained three and received one in the category to the artistic career to the age of 36 years, beside appearing in diverse musical lounges of the reputation.

SPORT

MUHAMMAD ALI

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., Louisville, January 17, 1942) is an American ex-boxer who was three times a champion of the world of the heavy weight, category in the one that is considered to be one of the big figures of the history of the boxing. The International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO) classified it between 10 better heavy weight of her historia4 and the magazine The Ring it placed the number 2 of the list of the best historical boxers it frees for 5 pounds.