Discovering Anomalies
In doing the research for the blog post, “Within A Nation Torn“, I found a few stories I thought were interesting.
In the United States during the ten year span of the 60s, a culture shift with many changes emerged that was vast in dynamics; one that had never been seen before, or since. However, one seed for that change had been planted in the proceeding generation. Continue reading “Change It’s What’s for Dinner”
Some where between the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War conflict, Americans seemed to have woke up and to a new dawn. No matter their gender, their age, or their ethnicity, people were stirred. It has been said that never before the 60s, had there been as many culture changes within a society, than in that 10 years span. Continue reading “Within A Nation Torn – Concluded”
In May 1961 Gallup Polls commissioned by Saturday Evening Post conducted a survey. The authors interviewed 3000 youths between the ages of 14 – 22. The survey titled “Attitudes of Young Adults–High School & College students and Non-school Respondents” was later used in December 1961 publication of the Saturday Evening Post, titled, “Youths, The Cool Generation”. They asked Continue reading “Youth Opinions 1961”