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Music Questions

There were a number of music festivals and concerts during the 1960s. Did you attend any? Describe your recollections and the impact of the event(s). If you didn’t attend any, why not?

The Beatles songs and albums during the 1960s were very popular. Please tell us how they affected you?

What were your favorite groups during this period—and how did you first find out about them?

What was the first song you ever played over and over up turned up loud enough to disturb the neighbors?

Do you associate any particular songs with any experience or event in your life? If so, please describe the songs or a album.

If you listened to the Beach Boys during the 1960s, describe your reactions to the songs or albums

Who else, or what else, did you listen to in the 60s that you would like to comment on?

Cultural Questions

Catch 22 was published 20th. January 1961. If you have read the novel, please describe the impact it had on you.

What book(s) had the most impact on you in the 60s and early 70s. Please explain the impact?

What was your most memorable reading experience that made you want to question authority etc reading Salinger, Heller, Pynchon, Roth, Jong, Lessing, Vonnegut. Describe where you were when you read the books and how you felt reading them and what kinds of changes in your psyche etc. resulted.

What was your most memorable film going experience during this period (Easy Rider, The Graduate, Carnal Knowledge, Other)

Please describe your first effort to become part of the counterculture. For example, was it (if you were male) growing your hair long? Wearing sandals? Wearing a different kind of T-Shirt. Or (if you were female) was it, for example, wearing your hair differently, different clothes, different makeup?

How did your parents react to the changes referred to in the previous question? Please describe any conflicts.

Can you recall when you first heard the term "flower power" or “flower child”? What kinds of memories do the phrases evoke?

Political Questions

Describe any recollections you have of the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy on 20th. January 1961.

John F. Kennedy (U.S. 35th President, often referred to by his initials JFK, served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963 at the age of 46) leaves me with the following memory (s):

Where were you when you heard about President Kennedy`s assassination on November 22nd, 1963?

Lyndon B. Johnson (U.S. 36th President, often referred to as LBJ) leaves me with the following memory(s).

Nixon took over from LBJ in January 1969. Please describe your memories of the new US President.

Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and protests were widespread in the 1960s. If you participated in any, please describe what happened and the reasons for your involvement. If you didn`t participate, why not?

The race riots of the 1960s spurred on the CivilRights movement. Did you participate or witness any of these riots, either firsthand or through the media? Please comment on your memories of these events?

There were a number of university and college sit-ins and protests during the 1960s. If you witnessed or participated in any of these, please describe what happened and the reasons for your involvement.

The National Organization of Women was founded in 1966. How aware were you of the Women`s movement during the sixties? Please describe any involvement you might have had?

Please describe your recollections of the Cuban Missile crisis, which ended on November 20th, 1962.

How did you respond to Martin Luther King`s `I Have a Dream` speech on August 28th 1963
The trial of the Chicago 8 began in September 1969. Please describe any recollections you have of the event

Were you involved in any "Marches on Washington DC"?

When did you feel the sixties ended for you? Was there a particular event that led to that occurrence? Please describe.

Was there any particular event that occurred that made you feel that progress was being made against discrimination (racist/sexist behavior) etc.

Describe the event and say why you felt progress was being made.

Describe your most memorable travel during this period when and where and what you learned during the journey.

Did you as a member of a minoritywoman, black, and Hispanic etc feel discriminated against during this period and what were some of the most memorable/hurtful events and how did those actions affect you?