Julia (by well Julia) When we learn about history (American, world or otherwise), we consume it as life changing events that shape the world we live in today. ... King was assassinated, the U.S. was in the latter part of the Vietnam War, and African Americans were fighting a war of their own for civil rights all history stuff, all stuff that has affected the world today. ... Julia (Diahann Carroll) was an African American woman, widowed after her husband died in a tragic helicopter accident in Vietnam. ... At the same time, I think it was important to see that there is more than one si...

• Word Count: 726
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Another important event of 1965 was the Vietnam War. ... A third significant event in 1965 was the death of Norman Morrison. Protesting the war in Vietnam, he stood outside the window of Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara's office and lit himself on fire (McNamara 222). ... Toni Morrison first published Sula in 1973, and would have been aware of all the events just mentioned. ... Nel's 1965 is framed by the previously mentioned political and social strife surrounding the Vietnam War. ...

• Word Count: 2386
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Wilder's way of thinking is very important point within the book. ... "The material thinking is not thought, but actions, facts, events, and the relations of things" (Dewy 562). Hartke advocates the same deception about the lies said by the government during the Vietnam War. After Hartke joined the army he was sent to fight in the Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War. ... The complete opposite occurred with the Vietnam War. ...

• Word Count: 2053
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

This was also, unfortunately, the time that the assassinations of important leaders took place. ... The Kennedy Era, 1960 - 1963, saw many important events. ... Martin Luther King, Jr., was an important figure that worked hard throughout the 60's in order to gain black Americans' civil rights. ... King's "I Have a Dream" speech at the largest and most dramatic civil rights demonstration, the March on Washington, was the high point of the event. ... The 1960's also had many other people that were important to the development of the civil rights movement. ...

• Word Count: 2394
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

This decade was filled with countless important events that are still impacting us. The 60's saw everything from the election and assignation of the nation's first Catholic president, a divisive war with Vietnam, the space race which led to American astronauts landing on the moon, the Arms Race with Russia, the Civil Rights Movement, the assignation of Martin Luther King, Jr., and on and on. ... Among the emotionally explosive events of this decade is the Civil Rights Movement. ... Though this was not the first sit-ins to occur this was the beginning of list of events that changed...

• Word Count: 3205
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School