1. What were the major social movements
of the 1960s? And what was the historical background of the social
movements of that decade?
2. Who were the participants of the social movements of the 1960s?
3. What are the basic characteristics of a social movement?
4. The black political movement that began as a force for integration
changed course in the mid-1960s and began to emphasize black uniqueness
and even black separatism. What caused this transformation?
5. Draw analogies between the black revolution and the women's movement.
What common assumptions do they share?
6. What are the legacies of the social
movements of the 1960s? What are their effects, positive and negative,
upon contemporary U.S. society?
