MUSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Yardbirds, British Blues, Reverberation
22 Jun 2012
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3 important events in us: allows women more freedom and economic power: oral contraceptives (the pill) in 1960. Result: women were waiting longer before having children / making a family. Giving them a chance to further their education and start a career. Pill birth rate drops: passing of the equity pay act in 1963. Act prohibited wage differences between men and women for the same work: passage of the civil rights act in 1964. (also important to civil rights movement in us). In 1963, he participated on lincoln memorial and gave his speech i had a dream . National voting rights act outlawed literacy test for letting people vote. Black panther party (1966) demand an end for *something+ against coloured people. Asking for: national health care, minimum income and employment. They did make a few changes more blacks in police enforcement, Britain was behind the us when it comes to music. Early beatles sounds like (american) 50"s rock and roll.
