YAF as a Reflection of Protest Culture.
Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) is an organization of college students who are on the conservative Right of the Republican party. Their organization was created in the early 1960's, and continues to be active on many college campuses today. When most people think about the 1960's, especially in regard to protest movements, they think of the many liberal groups that took hold of politics. However, as John A. Andrew III has made very clear in The Other Side of the Sixties, there was also a strong movement toward the right that is often overlooked. Though less recognized by history, the Young Americans for Freedom were an important part of the culture of protest in the 1960's.
The social and political movements of the 1960's were largely characterized by the involvement of young people. Never had so many college-aged people been so active in the struggles to implement change in these arenas. Images of young people at Woodstock and at anti-war protests and civil rights sit-ins spring to mind when we speak of youth in the sixties. At a glance, it seems that liberal movements were the only examples of young people getting involved. However, the Young Americans for Freedom, formed at the beginning of this decade, were also highly active and involved in its political atmosphere and in working toward change. This shows that young people from all parts of the political spectrum were making their voices heard. While less radical and violent than the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), their approximate liberal equivalent, YAF was generally a very successful college political organization. Few groups of young people have been influential enough to take over a political party and get a candidate nominated for the presidency of the United States, as YAF was able to do with the Republican party and Barry Goldwater in the 1960's.
As opposed to liberal organizations, the YAF tended to use the system to achieve their goals rather than rebel against it.
In my eyes and many others will agree that America is the center of "Freedom". ... I am an Arab-Muslim American. ... Also, being an Arab-Muslim American makes me feel as though my freedoms have been limited to a certain extent. ... I was robbed of my freedom of being an American citizen. ... I am no longer a free young American, but I am now labeled. ...
America did not just magically obtain freedom, it has been fought after for many years in wars like the American Revolution (1775), The War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and Desert Storm. ... America does just that. ... America is not just concentrated on our freedom only, we go and help other countries with their freedom. ... Lastly, we can start obtaining freedom for when we get older while are still young. ... When I think of freedom, I think of America, Jesus, and freedom for now and for ...
The poem speaks of America's dream for freedom and for all to be equal. ... This shows that these young men will have to face reality as those older and more powerful than them take over. ... He feels that he and ones like him must be the ones to bring the dream of freedom back to America and make it be realized. America is supposed to be a land of freedom and opportunity but this was not the America so many experienced. They lived in a cruel and heartless America where only the select few were able to live in freedom and luxury well the rest were forced into slavery. ...
The freedom and desire of sexuality is pertinent for humans. ... A few authors who discuss the various ideas of sexuality in their writings are Gwendolyn Bennett, "To a Dark Girl, " Claude McKay, "America, " Langston Hughes, "Red Silk Stockings," and Harriet Jacobs, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. " In this essay, I will be discussing the fact that although the topic of sexuality has a restrained history for African Americans, as they were suppressed from freedom of their sexuality among other things, these authors display their suggestion of what sex means. ... He describes that the A...
The Charter of Rights and Freedom is a bill of rights entrenched in the constitution of Canada. ... Several instances were witnessed in the film '12 Years a Slave' (2012), where the characters that were involved could have benefitted from this important document. 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 period drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and sold into slavery. ... Epps is sexually attracted to Patsy, a young female slave who pic...
As stated above, many young, Black men are raised in poverty. ... The criminal justice system is harder on America's young, Black men than on any other ethnic group. ... Often times, African American men as well as society respond in less positive ways to the disparate treatment of America's young, Black men. ... Our young, black men are being plagued by this issue. ... The entire nation is being negatively affected by the crisis America's young, African American men are facing. ...
More recently it has created a coming of age event for young people. Automobiles have accelerated people's social freedoms With this new found freedom to travel. ... Along with freedom comes independence. ... The most recent social event that automobiles have help create Is being able to drive at a young age. ... They are able to Exert their independence and gain freedom. ...
But what exactly would have made such a young African American man aspire to be as white as possible? ... Whatever the case may be this young man grew up to see been black in America as something to be despised and avoided as best as he could. ... He said the fight between freedom of expression and one's social or political responsibility to their community was one that still plagued the African American. ... Even using the bible as a reference he wonders why a country is celebrating a holiday to commemorate their freedom while there are people there with no freedom or liberty. ... Dougl...
At a young age Americans are brought up in a standardized environment where they are taught that money equals power, which in turn equals success and happiness. ... America, still young in history's eyes has experienced turmoil, war, growth and devastation though the short amount of years. ... The American Revolution ended two centuries of British rule and granted the desired freedom. ... Page 2 Another war ravished the countryside and divided the young country in two. ... The dream of equality and freedom was strong enough to tear a country apart. ...
