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America in the 1950’s-1960’s

The American Dream

White Flight and The Other America GI Bill restrictions prohibited many minorities from achieving the “American Dream”

Business and Consumerism Planned Obsolescence

Mass Media

Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmljYkdr-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUgohNKyxak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvbSXVc451Q

Election of 1960 Televised Debates and Civil Rights Richard Nixon John F. Kennedy Republican Expert on foreign policy More experienced Democrat Catholic: “issues of church and state” Young (43) Televised Debates and Civil Rights -Won Americas heart and African Americans trust

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