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Term Paper Title	PERIOD: 1 DATE:1-10-99
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PERIOD: 1                                 DATE:1-10-99
STUDENTS NAME : CHRISTOPHER JONES
PERSON INTERVIEWED: JOSEPHINE JONES
LOCATION DURING 60’S: DETROIT MICHIGAN
AGE-EX COLLEGE/SCHOOL: 49; WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

1)WHAT IMPACT DID THE CUBAN MISSILE  CRISIS HAVE ON YOUR COMMUNITY  OR YOUR FAMILY? I was scared...everyone in my community would have felt the same I’m sure!I was also anxious to see what our government would do about communism
2)WHERE WERE YOU WHEN JFK WAS ASSASSINATED?I was in social studies in the 9th grade going over Europe if I remember correctly. They came over the P.A. and told the school. Everyone was shocked and very sad.

3)What were some reasons for JFK’s popularity and its endurance over the years?He was a Democrat and I supported democrats.He was also for the people. He wanted to help the poor.He was also younger than most presidents.
4)WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE ASSASSINATION OF MLK?  MALCOLM X?  RFK?I was shocked and mad and very sad about the assassination of MLK....everyone was! I was not as sad about the death of Malcolm X...I was also shocked though.I was really sad when I heard of the killing of Robert Kennedy. I was also suspicious....I thought there was some type of conspiracy by the the Mafia..or government.
5)WHAT DID THE TERM “BLACK POWER” MEAN TO YOU?It reminded me of the panthers power in our neighborhoods.It made us think that blacks should be more powerful
6)DO YOU THINK MLK AND HIS  PHILOSOPHY OF PASSIVE RESISTANCE WAS EFFECTIVE IN ACHIEVING EQUALITY FOR BLACK AMERICANS?  WHY OR WHY NOT?Yes, I thought it did  to some extent. but sometimes I think it would have been better if they had fought back a little. It was a good start though.
7)WHAT EVENTS IN THE 60’S HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT ON SOCIETY?(DISCUSS WAR,DRUGS,HIPPIES,MUSIC,VIOLENCE).Vietnam had the greatest impact on me.I lost a lot of classmates and friends in Vietnam.I also remember the riots in Detroit. I was sitting on my porch and me and my sisters and brothers saw the rioting going on. We weren't scared that it went on so close to us but sad that all of this was going on!
8)HOW DID THE TELEVISION NETWORK’S COVERAGE OF THE RIOTS AND VIOLENCE IN THE CITIES AFFECT YOU? WAS THE COVERAGE FAIR AND UNBIASED? It disgusted me because you saw your own people being so ignorant by looting. It made me sick to my stomach.
9)WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE ACTIVISM OF THE BLACK MUSLIMS AND THE BLACK PANTHERS?(MALCOLM X,STOKLEY CARMICHAEL,HUEY NEWTON).I think it was a...

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