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Encyclopedia Britannica: The Four Tops
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features the Four Tops, an American vocal group that was one of Motown's most popular acts in the 1960s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: The Supremes
Features a biographical sketch of American pop-soul vocal group, the Supremes, whose tremendous popularity with a broad audience made its members among the most successful performers of the 1960s and the flagship act of Motown Records.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: The Temptations
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features the Temptations, an American vocal group noted for their smooth harmonies and intricate choreography. Recording primarily for Motown Records, they were among the most popular performers of...
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The Nobel Prize: Maria Goeppert Mayer Biographical
This short biography concentrates on the life of Nobel winner Maria Goeppert-Mayer from her birth in Germany through her work as professor of physics in the U.S. in the 1960s.
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Loc: Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier
At this site from the Library of Congress, you can listen to an 82-year-old Virginia fiddler, Henry Reed, playing tunes recorded in the 1960's. Many of the tunes have been transcribed and the notation can be viewed on line as well. The...
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Pbs: American Experience: Freedom Riders: People: Ralph Abernathy
Biographical snapshot of Ralph Abernathy, key civil rights leader of the 1960s.
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Kinder Art: Sweet Stuff
Art students will learn about visual balance, visual texture, and textural paint by following the example of Wayne Thiebaud, famous for his dreamy 1960s paintings of cakes.
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Shmoop: Big Sur
This semi-biographical novel written by Jack Kerouac set in the 1960s shows the life of Jack Duluoz who is an alter-ego for Jack Kerouac. Read about the characteres and themes in this novel.
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Wnet: Thirteen: A History of Us: War on Poverty
Brief discussion of Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty in the early 1960s. Among other things, he passed a Civil Rights Act and started programs such as Headstart, Job Corps, and Upward Bound to help poverty in America.
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Mario Savio
This site from the Fordham University offers bio and obituary of Mario Savio, 1960's leader of the Free Speech movement.
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University of Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson's Cabinet
In addition to providing a general description of the roles of Cabinet members, this website provides a chart listing the people who served in the Cabinet of President Lyndon Johnson during the 1960s.
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M. H. De Young Memorial Museum: Harald Wagner Collection of Teotihuacan Murals
This site provides information about the Harald Wagner collection of Teotihuacan murals, the largest and most important outside of Mexico. The mural fragments from the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan are remarkable for their quality...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Martha and the Vandellas
Features an overview of the career of Martha (Reeves) and the Vandellas, popular female vocal group of the 1960s that was part of the Motown sound. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Berry Gordy, Jr.
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Berry Gordy, Jr., an American businessman, founder of the Motown Record Corporation (1959), which became the most successful black-owned music company in the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, an American vocal group that helped define the Motown sound of the 1960s and was led by one of the most gifted and influential singer-songwriters in...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Bobby Mc Ferrin
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Bobby McFerrin, an American musician noted for his tremendous vocal control and improvisational ability. He often sang a cappella, mixing folk songs, 1960s rock and soul tunes, and jazz...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Dick Gregory
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Dick Gregory, an African-American comedian, civil rights activist, and spokesman for health issues, who became nationally recognized in the 1960s for a biting brand of comedy that attacked...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Fergie Jenkins
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Fergie Jenkins, a Canadian-born professional baseball player, one of the premier pitchers in the game in the late 1960s and early '70s. A hard-throwing right-hander, he won at least 20...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Jackie Wilson
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Jackie Wilson, an American singer who was a pioneering exponent of the fusion of 1950s doo-wop, rock, and blues styles into the soul music of the 1960s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: James Farmer
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features James Farmer, an American civil rights activist who, as a leader of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), helped shape the civil rights movement through his nonviolent activism and...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Mississippi John Hurt
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Mississippi John Hurt, an American country-blues singer and guitarist who first recorded in the late 1920s but whose greatest fame and influence came when he was rediscovered in the early...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Odetta
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Odetta, an American folk singer who was noted especially for her versions of spirituals and who became for many the voice of the civil rights movement of the early 1960s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Solomon Burke
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Solomon Burke, an American singer whose success in the early 1960s in merging the gospel style of the African American church with rhythm and blues helped to usher in the soul music era.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Stokely Carmichael
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Stokely Carmichael, a West-Indian-born civil-rights activist, leader of black nationalism in the United States in the 1960s and originator of its rallying slogan, "black power.".
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