ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

ORIGINS

• Late 1940s
• Combines country, blues, gospel, and jazz
• Only popular with African-Americans
• Chuck Berry
• Inherited by white rockers

TEEN POINT OF VIEW

• Found it more appealing
• Encouraged equal rights
• Opened minds of teens more than adults
• Attended concerts with African American musicians

Rock and roll spread the work of equality which had made it’s effects on the Civil Rights movements. The new generation of teens who supported racial equality and ruled against the rules. These teens soon were able to vote and end racial segregation in the general public.

VIETNAM

• 1960
• Hippies
• Peace and love
• Highly disapproved
• New form of protest

UNITY

• Racial equality
• “Mixtures of music lead to mixture of races”
• Teens could express themselves
• Denounce war
• Still seen today