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elvis presley
Presley had a “sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influence and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time; he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture.” He was able to integrate rhythm and blues, gospel, and country music, and created what today is called rock .https://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/citations/2012/11_Wallace_History.pdf -
Charlie
It comes from “Việt Nam Cộng-sản”, which just means “Vietnamese Communists”. ... From here, “Viet Cong” was commonly further shortened to “VC”, which in the NATO phonetic alphabet is pronounced “Victor-Charlie”, which gave rise to the further shortened, “Charlie” designation.
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SDS
SDS wanted participatory democracy – a public committed to making the decisions that affect their own lives, with institutions to make this possible. Its members saw an American citizenry with no influence over the nuclear arms race or, closer to home, authoritarian university administrations
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george wallace
During his Alabama gubernatorial inauguration in 1963, George Wallace famously said: "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever.That same year, Wallace tried to halt the integration of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. And he tried to do it himself. Wallace famously stood in the doorway of an auditorium on the school's campus to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from entering.https://www.npr.org/2020/03/03/811671409/the-legacy-of-george-wallace -
JFK
. Kennedy proved himself, whether dealing with the Soviets in Cuba, or staring down the ‘Big Steel’ executives. America gained the strong leader it desired. Kennedy was willing to fight for the ideas he believed in, even when they were not popular. To that end, he pushed heavily for tax cuts, to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade, and for Civil Rights for American blacks.https://www.historycentral.com/JFK/bio/Legacy.html -
Black Panthers
Black Panther Party, original name Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighbourhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality.
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anti war protest
Massive gatherings of anti-war demonstrators helped bring attention to the public resentment of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The confrontation seen above took place at the Pentagon in 1967. Despite the growing antiwar movement, a silent majority of Americans still supported the Vietnam effort. https://www.ushistory.org/us/55d.asp#:~:text=Massive%20gatherings%20of%20anti%2Dwar,still%20supported%20the%20Vietnam%20effort. -
The Space Race
Armstrong and Aldrin were the American astronunts that we put into the air trying to beat Russia and other countries to the moon. This race to the moon was called the space race and Armstrong and Aldrin were the frist ones there making America the winners of said space race -
Richard Nixon
His legacy in terms of foreign policy was due to the fact that he stopped a few other countries from going to war by scaring them and making them fear America which lead to us being safe and happy -
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
The Ping-Pong diplomacy allowed for both countries which wanted war to end to act friendly towards the other and make small ties and feel less threatened which in term lead to the end of the war due to both the U.S. and China no longer feuding they built relations and called off the fighting -
President Gerald Ford
resident Ford will be remembered for his fundamental decency and his optimism about what our people can accomplish in the pursuit of ambitious goals, including the exploration of space.
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Iran-Contra Affair
The Iran-Contra Affair was a secret U.S. arms deal that traded missiles and other arms to free some Americans held hostage by terrorists in Lebanon, but also used funds from the arms deal to support armed conflict in Nicaragua. The controversial deal—and the ensuing political scandal—threatened to bring down the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
https://www.history.com/topics/1980s/iran-contra-affair