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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
A fictitious story that deals with the racial tension of a white lawyer trying prove the innocence of a black man wrongly accused of a crime. -
"The Greensboro Four" by Jack Moebes
The photo captures four black students participating in a nonviolent protest, sitting at an historically segregated cafe where they were met with "White Only" signs. -
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"It takes two to integrate cha, cha, cha" by Edward Kienholz
Kienholz pushes the idea that for true integration to take place, all parties must equally particpate. -
"Soldiers and Students" by Jacob Lawrence
Lawrence captures in this painting a protest at a campus by black students wgo are confronted by the National Guard. A event that took place throughout the country during the Civil Rights Movement. -
"Gold Marilyn Monroe" by Andy Warhol
In the Gold Marilyn Monroe, Warhol further plays on the idea of an icon, placing Marilyn's face on a very large golden-colored background. The background is remeniscent of Byzantine religious icons that are the central focus in Orthodox faiths to this day.
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"Sex and the Single Girl" by Helen Gurley Brown
"Sex and the Single Girl" is a nonfiction book that promotes that women can be successful in a career and have a fulfilling sex life. The book is one of the cornerstones used for the feminist movement during the sixities. -
"The Amazing Spiderman" by Stan Lee
The comic series "The Amazing Spiderman" is introduced by Stan Lee. The story follows a teenage boy who is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains super human abilities that favor a spider. -
Dr. No (First James Bond Film) by Harry Saltzman, Albert Broccoli, and Ian Fleming
Dr. No is the first installment of the James Bond series and one of the prominent films actor Sean Connery starred in as Bond. -
"Please, Please Me" by the Beatles
"Please, Please Me" was the first album that The Beatles released. -
Sleep" by Andy Warhol
Warhol turns an essential act for living into to art capturing candid images of his lover at the time John Giorno sleeping. -
"Skyway" by Robert Rauschenberg
Rauschenberg used silkscreen paintings of images capturing moments through the decade. He conveys the use of media images to allow various interpretations of the piece -
"March in Montgomery 1965" photo by Moneta Sleet Jr.
Sleet captures a vital moment in the Civil Rights Movement with prominent members such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Dr. Ralpg Bunchie walking in unison with each other for racial equality. -
"A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane
Coltrane made his studio debut with "A Love Supreme." being on the forefront of the evolution and popularity if jazz throughout the world. -
"Ali vs Liston" by Neil Leifer
Leifer captures the historical moment when Ali defeats Liston for the second time with a knockout. -
"The Sound of Music" by Robert Wise
"The Sound of Music" a musical brought to the silver screen. The movie captivated the masses is one of the highest watched movies of all time. -
"Bunnies' by Sigmar Polke
Polke uses the image of models from"Playboy" to express the union between beauty and imperfection. Having beautiful women highlighted with the purposeful mistakes of smudges and perceived errors in the painting. -
"Flower Girl" by Bernie Boston
Boston takes a picture of a protestor named Jane Rose Kasmir offering a flower to a soldier during a protest of the Vietnam War. -
"Negro In the Suburbs" by Norman Rockwell
Rockwell captures the social awkwardness of a black family moving into a suburb where they are the first black family to have lived in the neighborhood. The symbolism is to challenge the invisible barriers we place by race and economic status. -
"Martin Luther King Assassination" by Joseph Louw
Louw captures the horrific moment of Martin Luther King being shot on a hotel balcony in Memphis heading to support black sanitation on strike for equal pay and benifits. -
"Night of the Living Dead" by George A. Romero
This film gives a chilling display of human responses to dire situations. A group of people trapped in a house trying to evade encountering corpses rising from the grave in search of human flesh to devour. -
"The Black Revolution" by Ebony Magazine
Ebony magazine released a special edition having several interviews with Civil Right leaders from both stances of violent and nonviolent means of obtaining progress. The photography is themed with Afrocentric and liberal themes, having semi-nude and political symbolism. -
"A Silent Way" by MIles Davis
Davis released "A Silent Way" in 1969. Stepping away from the traditional format of sound used by his peers. Davis began experimenting with acid, fusion, and funk musical styles. -
"Feminist against Vietnam" by Autumn Hutchins
Fellow feminist Hutchins captures a woman holding a sign expressing her discontent for the Vietnam War while supporting her feminist cause. -
"Wives of Shango" by Jeff Donaldson
This painting symbolizes the visual portrayal of the embodiment of Black women supporting many racial, social, and political movements simultaneously.
