but he also backed civil rights and the domestic Great Society programs which form a major part of his legacy. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) During the 1960 presidential campaign, Democratic ...

However, as the 1960s loomed and the civil rights movement began ... ‘Mississippi Goddam’ quickly became a rallying cry for civil rights activists, with the song a defining moment in the cultural ...

The biker movie was a commercial and critical hit in 1969, but its director, Dennis Hopper, was "a bit of a megalomaniac" ...

After speaking with his mom, Breland, who grew up in New Jersey, decided to visit Selma, Alabama, where many of his older ...

In the wake of Ethel’s death, fans of Swift, 34, resurfaced interviews and clips in which the singer discussed how the civil rights activist’s love story with Bobby inspired a song off her ...

They played a major role in the civil rights battles of the 1960s, spearheaded efforts to ... and they mainstreamed protest songs as folk music. Shy they weren’t. Now, fast forward to today ...

who had bigger dreams than his social position in a Civil Rights-era America could allow. On this week’s episode of “Screen Talk,” co-hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio discuss their ...

A common complaint of liberals in the early 1960s was that Congress was controlled ... Johnson, demonstrated that most of the civil rights and domestic agenda items could be enacted without ...

was also a catalyst in the Civil Rights movement. It was a Black-owned label that attained crossover success. Between 1960 and 1969, its artists reached an astounding 79 records in the top-10 on ...

However, there were peaceful protests in Lagos, Ibadan and Ondo, with the organisers and collaborating civil society ... exercise our rights. The independence that was granted in 1960 has become ...

The interracial folk group sang standards like Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” and reworked “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” into a civil rights anthem called “We Got ...

but she knew in her heart that its wrongdoings could be dismantled through sheer force of will and the weapon that would be her song. Like many others during the 1960s, Simone became deeply involved ...