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...

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As stated by Schraeder, one of "two important developments" contributed to pressures for change US foreign Policy toward south Africa during the late 1950s was firstly, a growing civil rights movement striving for the political equality of African Americans ensured greater official attention to the issues of race in both domestic and international policies...Reverend Martin Luther King led a demonstration on December 10, 1957 to denounce apartheid and call attention to South Africa's refusal to sign the UN Declaration on Human Rights... An important aspect of such actions was that they c...

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By juxta posing these four events Gast is suggesting that the inclusion of Muhammad Ali and black jazz music will bring about a stop to the persecution of the Zairians and the African-Americans. ... The scene where Muhammad Ali is in the plane is very important; it shows Ali seemingly alone in a plane flying over Africa to get to Zaire. ... This is important for him as he states "this is the most free feeling I ever had in a long time". ... Firstly by selecting this shot ahead of others shows that the scene is important so must be recognised. ... The example of the montage is very important in...

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Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the law, Caine picked up where The Fugitive (1963-67) left off and added a topical resonance with the televised resistance to the war in Vietnam by living like a pacifist, draft-dodger as well as fighting guerilla-style like a Viet Cong, and, in all respects, getting the better of his Anglo-American opponents, while being white himself. ... Perhaps mo...

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