Kent State Shootings From 1955-1975 America fought a war that separated generations, and turned America 's youth against their own government, the Vietnam war. Due to this twenty year war many young males were drafted into the army, and America the land of the free became the land of deceit. As a result, throughout the nation there had been mass protests, and antiwar movements. On the tragic day of May 4th, 1970 demonstrators at Kent State University were ambushed by the Ohio National Guard, leading to the death of four students and injury of nineteen other students. The antiwar rally at Kent State University has become a symbol of the Vietnam war, demonstrating a nation divided both politically and socially.…
The Anti-war movement started during the 1960s and shaped America’s public opinion on conflicts for years to come. As in all its conflicts, the support of the people on the homefront influences America’s military commitment.. Without Homefront support, the American war machine dies. American pop culture during the 60s and 70s, sought to change public opinion against the Vietnam War. Through blatant anti-war lyrics to their actions, the popular artists and musicians of the era influenced the mindset of a generation to oppose the military actions in Vietnam.…
Ann Bausum’s book, Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights, covers the events of the Stonewall Riots and other important topics brought up by gay rights. The book goes through events going a bit farther back than 1969, when Stonewall occurred, until 2013 in modern times. Bausum recounts the events leading up to the Stonewall Riots, the riots themselves, what it was like to be gay at the time, the aids epidemic, and where we are now in modern day with gay rights. Besides the events occurring at each of these times, Bausum goes through different accounts from people who actually witnessed and lived through the events. The Stonewall Riots, named after a gay bar in New York, was an event in which the bar was raided by police for the…
The Kent state shooting may 1970 students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by the U.S military forces, when the Guardsman shot and killed four students on may 4th. The Kent state shooting became the focal Point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam war. By 1970, thousands of people in the U.S were actively protesting the Vietnam war. These protests usually were peaceful and included such things as burning draft cards, fleeing to Canada or some other country to escape the draft protests rallies and marches.…
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 The 1960s was a decade that came with many changes. It is more notably known as the Sixties. The 1960s came with plenty of political and cultural changes. This era came with plenty of political leaders that wanted to change the unfairness in which people were treated.…
Robert Reno Professor James Richardson WHO-1030-271 16 April 2015 The Gay Rights Movement: Moving Mountains Although great strides have been made in the recent past, homosexuals have faced many hurdles in the fight for equal rights. From hate crimes to legislative tyranny, the homosexual community has strived to become socially accepted and ascertain the same rights afforded to them as by the Constitution of the United States of America. For over five decades, many organizations have been created to facilitate this fight and many continue today.…
The antiwar movement was initially based on the older 1950s Peace movement, heavily influenced by the American Communist Party, but by the mid-1960s became a broad-based mass movement centered in universities and churches (“1960s”). Few Americans protested the American involvement in Vietnam early on, but as the war dragged on and the body count continued to grow, people became more restless (“1960s”).The Vietnam war really galvanized students even though many didn’t have to go because of student deferment, (Green), so then students became a powerful and disruptive force and university campuses sparked a national debate over the war (“1960s”). Some young people took to the streets in protest, while others fled to Canada to avoid the draft (History.com…
4. Compare and Contrast: Kalau 3 Two movements that are very similar and have some differences are the Feminist Movement and LGBT Movement. The first beginnings of the Women’s Suffrage Movement of the United States were in 1848 and they held the first women’s rights convention. This convention was the Seneca Falls Convention and the organizers were Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott, their overall purpose was to move forward in women’s rights. They mainly argued that women had the constitutional right to vote and should be treated equal to men.…
The sixties was a time of change whether it was with culture or political movements. The Vietnam War was one of the many events that impacted this time period. The Vietnam War is a major event in American history that had a tremendous effect on the American people at home and those in the battlefield. It had created a great deal of controversy in America. During this era, the American people started losing faith in their country, and felt like it was falling apart because of the shift in perspective with the government and media.…
The plight of the women’s movement gained the right to vote, but it still didn’t cover equal rights. Because of that, there was still a need for an equal rights amendment which would come in the future years. Also, colored people in the South, by law were given the right to vote, but in many areas that was a fallacy because state governments in the South would enact a poll tax, thus, keeping the people from voting. There was much to be done about race relations in our country because at the time Jim Crow Laws were at their peak in the 1920s and would not end until the late 1960s. Furthermore, I like how you mentioned people from the sports world.…
Do you feel that the gay rights movement and the feminist movement changed the minds of the American people? I feel that the gay rights movement and the feminist movements changed America the way I look at things today. While researching for this essay I already knew that being gay or having gay thoughts does not make any man less of a man in the American society that we all live in. But the label of being gay did not happen overnight it was a series of men who fought for the right to be accepted in the American society. In the opposite gender had problems and solutions of there-own but one of them was not the right to be openly gay in american society.…
America is a place of freedom as some people love to say. The history of our country tells a different story. Throughout America 's history, people have been oppressed and treated terribly. These people have had freedoms stripped away and denied easy lives due to being slightly different than the “normal” person at the time. But the oppressed were able to fight through the tough times and band together for a common cause.…
Throughout the history of activism within the LGBT+ community, there has been a common goal to promote openness and acceptance. By employing a strategy modeled after the civil rights movement, which mainly focused on assimilation into the dominant institutions as a means of acceptance, activist groups have received their fair share of criticism. In 1997, Cathy J Cohen, a Black lesbian author and social activist, published the groundbreaking article “Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics?” a year after a controversy she introduces in the beginning of the essay. The famed Gay Men’s Health Crisis, best known for their active role in the treatment of HIV/AIDS during the AIDS crisis, came under fire after…
Essay #3 Throughout the history of the United States, there have been few eras filled with as much unique culture, opinions, and passion as the time of the Vietnam War. Though there have been many wars and surmises since American gained its independence from Great Britain, Vietnam was met with unprecedented mainstream opposition from the American people. People from all over the United States rioted and rallied for one valiant cause: peace. Civilians and draftees alike protested the war and all that it stood for. Popular activists led rallies and demonstrations while radios blasted songs filled with peace and harmony.…
Dating people with the same-sex is wrong for many people out here. They are afraid it infringes on their straight rights. Many people wouldn’t wanna see gay people holding hands out in public and kissing many people don’t want to see lesbians kissing out in public they think it’s wrong and nasty for others to see this. Gays are discriminated against, beaten and even murdered by even those of the same sexual preferences. People comment negative things to gays calling them queers and making fun of them.…