American 1960s

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America's 1960s

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National History

Black history

Important Black figures

Fashion

Art movement

Sources

Some dates...

National History in the 60s..

some dates

22 november 1963

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1962

26 juin 1963

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1969

Marilyn Monroe dies from an overdose of barbiturate.

Beginning of the war against the Vietnam.

The president John F. Kennedy is killed.

The beginning of the Pop-Art by Andy Warhol. more details in this website...*

Martin Luther King does his really famous speech: I have a dream. *

Armstrong walks for the first time on the moon.

Some events...

Black History

some events in the 60s...

The civil rights acts is a law that was voted in 1964 by the Congress, wich puts an official end to the racial segregation.

1. In the 60s, the CIA destroys the KKK (The Ku Klux Klan) wich is a group convinced about the superiority of white people and who wanted the black ones to be slaves or to die. 2. In 1960, Ruby Bridges is the first afro-american child to join a school for white children.

3. 1963, Martin Luther King organizes a march for jobs and freedom for the black people who were victims of the racial segregation, and calls on all ethnic groups to make peace. All Martin Luther King's actions were guided by non-violence, as did Gandhi who really inspired the militant. His speech "I have a dream" in 1963 brings together 250 000 people. Unfortunately, the black hero was killed on the 4th of April 1968.

Black History, more specific dates...

Black History

and more specific dates...

- August 28, 1963 : More than 250,000 people gathered in the nation's capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

- April, 4, 1968 : Martin Luther King was murdered in Memphis,Tennessee by James Earl Ray a fugitif

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Black figures

Important black figures in the 60s...

Rosa Parks

Ruby Bridges

John Lewis

Martin Luther King

(not far from the 60s...)In 1955, Rosa Parks refuses to let a white man take her place in the bus. She fought against segregation with M. L. King and became a black icone.

In 1960 he participated to the 1st mass lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville. In 1963, he became chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comitee.

Is the first black child to come in a white school.

Martin luther King was born on the 15th of January 1929 and died the 4th of April 1968. he is one of the most important figures in the black history particulary in the 60s. He was a pastor as his father. As an advice, listen to this song, clic on the yt button...

Fashion in the 60s...

Fashion

Clothes in the 60s...

Fashion in the early years of the decade reflected the elegance of the First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy. In addition to fitted skirts, women wore stiletto shoes and suits with short boxy jackets and oversized buttons. Simple, geometric dresses, known as shift dresses, were also in fashion. For evening wear, evening dresses with full skirts were worn; these often had low necklines or boat necklines and fitted waists. For casual wear, capri pants were in fashion for women and girls.

Art movement...

Art movement in the 60s...

Welcome in the museum...

Pop-Art !!!

The Pop-Art (popular art) is an art movement wich was born in England but quickly appeared in USA. Its subjects and materials are borrowed from every day life as for exemple ads, cinema, comic books... This art movement has been considered "too easy and provocative". Andy Warhol is still today one of the pop-art father. In this picture, you can admire portraits of Marilyn Monroe by Warhol. Clic to learn more about Andy Warhol

Sources

Sources

What helped us in the redaction of this website ?

https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/education/students/leaders-in-the-struggle-for-civil-rights fr.wikipedia.org https://www.beauxarts.com/grand-format/le-pop-art-en-3-minutes/

https://www.geo.fr/histoire/qui-etait-rosa-parks-icone-de-la-desegregation-aux-etats-unis-201487