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The 1960's: Art, music, and literature
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The 1960’s were a turbulent time in America. African Americans were still fighting for equality and rights. The nation as everyone knew it was changing. Some people, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., made sure that he was heard and that everyone knew what he wanted for himself and his race. Other people used this time to make beautiful music to entertain people; to possibly let them lose themselves in the music even if only for a few minutes. Another group of people did not know how to put their feelings into words, so they chose to put their feelings on any empty space they could find. We now call that art form graffiti. Martin Luther King gave a powerful speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C on August 28, 1963. “I have a dream” has become a well known slogan throughout the country. King wanted people to realize that a hundred years ago, the Emancipation Proclamation was signed to free African American slaves, but they were not yet “free.” Segregation was still in full force at that time, and this kept the black race from being able to be accepted as free people. They were treated as a leper, if you will. “Don’t use our bathrooms, our water fountains, and don’t sit in our seats.” This was the message that the white man was sending to the black man in the 1960’s. As we look back now, it is easy to see why people resorted to violence. That was not the goal of Martin Luther King, Jr. “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.” He knew that if they resorted to violence, people would not take them seriously and they would never be treated as equals. Not all white people treated the blacks harshly.
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