STHM 1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Desegregation, Bobbi Gibb, Tax Resistance
7 May 2018
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• 1960s: The counterculture
o Challenge to tradition
o Greater equality for racial and ethnic minorities
▪ Public opinion and government essential
▪ Desegregation
▪ Civil Rights Act of 1964
▪ Mobile recreation units
o Increased equality for women
o LGBTQ gains greater acceptance
o Refocus on older adults
o Increased disability programming
• Advancements for Girls and Women
o 9s – at get a ortgage, uy a house, or get a redit ard!
o Title IX – 1972 Educational Rights Amendment
o Woe would die & Not physiologially ale to ru a aratho
o Roberta Gibb – Boston Marathon, rejected applicant; first female finisher, 1966
o K. Switzer - Boston Marathon, 1967
o 999 Woes World Cup i the U.“. – . illio spetators (9 “wede World
Cup – 112,213 spectators)
• Austerity and Cutbacks 1970s and 80s
o Since the great depression, size of government grew tremendously
▪ Changes in economy and society increased infrastructure pressures on
many areas throughout the country
▪ Led to a ta reolt, ith a states reducig taes at all leels
o Cuts were often made in leisure and recreation provisions
▪ Created the need to institute fees and charges for all but the most basic
services
o Recreation and leisure moved more towards a market orientation
▪ Entrepreneurial and market oriented approach
o Privatization and outsourcing of operations
o Greatest impacts found in large, urban areas
▪ Recreation and leisure important glue for urban
• The 1990s and 21st Century
o Increases in affluence, but greater economic stratification
▪ The so-called luur feer.
▪ Poverty levels have decreased, but still higher then they were in the
1970s
▪ Socioeconomics dominate leisure opportunities
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