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"The King"
Elvis Presley was one of the greatest revolutions in Rock and Roll and He was also known as "The King" of Pop culture. Also when he dances and does hes fancy moves Forrest looks up to him as a kid and learns Elvis's moves, when he plays he's guitar. -
John Lennon
Soon or a later Forrest Gump was asked to sit in on a television interview with John Lennon and Dick Carret. John was an English musician and a singer who was found as a member of the Beatles. -
K.K.K
Forrest Gump's mother named him after the founder of the k.k.k. grand wizard named Nathan Bedford Forrest. The K.K.K was a group of whites that were racist terrorist again the civil rights. -
Football Degree
Forrest Gump attended the University of Alabama and played on the football team, by impressing the coach one day when he was getting chased by bullies. He had also attend the university for five years until he got his degree. -
Smiley Face
As Gump was running all over the U.S a man gave Forrest Gump an ideas of a yellow T-shirt designs such as a smiley face as Forrest Gump wipes his muddy face on the T-Shirt in the shape of a smiley face. -
Vietnam War
Gump was enlisted into the army then sent to the Vietnam as the first person in line. The Vietnam War was one of the most controversial armed conflicts during the 20th century because several people were against the wars because they believed that the wars was where the soldier would take their lives away for good. -
Hippie Movement
Jenny left Forrest to do what she wanted to do in her life.Then as soon as he came back he found her associating herself by using drugs such as cocaine,marijuana,and other drugs with the Hippie Culture while he was in the Vietnam War. -
John F. Kennedy
while Forrest was waiting to meet JFK as he ended up drinking 15 bottles of Dr.Pepper, then when he was next to meet JFK all he could say was he had to go to the bathroom. Then later he talks about JFK's murder and how he had got shot. -
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was an African American revolutionary leftist organization. people believed in racism against the Blacks because that way they deserve to be treated equally to whites and their society. -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
Gump began to play Ping Pong when he was in the Vietnam during his bed rest because he had gotten shot saving several other soldiers.In fact the play every day even if he didn't have anyone to play with. soon or a later he became super good and had got asked to play on an all American ping pong team against the Chinese. -
Watergate
The Watergate was a political scandle. which involved in a major break-in of several burglars were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex of buildings in Washington, D.C. -
AIDS
Jenny tells Forrest she has some virus and the doctors didn't know what it is. At one point in the movie it does disclose more information regarding why she died. Then later on she found out that it was HIV which another word for it was AIDS and that it could make her weak and weakened her immune system allowing her to spread it to other people by blood and sexual contact to one another. This virus was the world's most outbreak.
