Contemporary

Contemporary

Influential people ·  Martin luther king jr.   ·   He fought for a social justice and did so nonviolently ·  Mlk ended the civil rights movements and gave people of color freedom ·  Jfk led to the people understanding the other races and started coming into interracial acceptance National character ·  Anti war protest ·  The stat of sexual rev. ·  During the anti war protesting and the sexual rev. they kinda did what ever they wanted to do and didn’t let the gov control them Exploration ·  America was the first country to ever reach the moon in 1969 ·  America beat the soviets in the space race led by NASA ·  The new technology was the personal comp. ·  The internet was created and led to a revolution ·  Science becomes more accurate and advanced the world New ideas ·  The me generation ·  People become increasingly more interested in themselves. People are becoming more selfish ·  People become increasingly selfish Economy ·  Sharp rise in petroleum prices (1973) ·  Stock market crashes 1987 ·  History repeats itself 2008 ·  People aren’t spending as much and being more wise with there spending Important literary figures ·  Toni Morrison 1993 was a noble prize winner he is best known for his epic themes ·  Ernest hemingway 1954 was an American novelist short story writer and journalist he received the pultizer prize. ·  Faulkner 1949 was an American author publishes poet and occasional screen writer. Literature ·  Contemporary poetry ·  Instead of poetry being impersonal it became more personal ·  Poetry became a way to express yourself ·  Non traditional literature ·  Non fiction writing style become popular ·  Writers became more involved with their characters ·  New journalism Art and music ·  New art or modern art becomes more popular ·  Artist express themselves in different ways such as photography and indinidual expressions ·  The first music festival was Woodstock where everyone was very free spirited and had a lot of narcotics and free love ·  In the 80’s music began to change and as the 90’s went along grunge rock became popular Political events ·  Us supreme court rules that segregation in public schools in unconstitutional 1954 ·  Civil rights movement ·  Vietnam wa rends ·  Cold war ·  Watergate scandal