AP History Project | Help Needed By Those Who Lived Through 60s

[nparikh]

Hello All,

I'm doing a project for my AP History Class for which we have to interview someone who lived through the 1960s. We're supposed to interview someone aged about 52 or older. Seeing as there aren't many folk like that around me, I was wondering if CD could lend me a hand.

It's about counterculture of the 1960s, etc, and I thought it would be interesting to get something from a person involved in FIRST.

If you could take 30-45 minutes answering some questions for me, I'd be eternally grateful. In exchange, I'll send you a thank you card and I'd owe you one!
Email answers to: neilparikh [at] gmail.com
Feel free to answer whichever questions you'd like, the more the better .
Questions:
General
1. Where did you live during the Sixties?
2. How old were you at that time?
3. What was your personal situation then? ... In school, or working?
With your parents, or on your own? Married, or single?
Topical
1. How did popular culture, like TV, movies, and music, affect your life in the 1960s?
What TV shows did you watch, what musicians did you follow, etc.?
2. Did the news media affect your thoughts or society's thoughts regarding the events of
that time? If so, how?
3. Were you, or was anyone in your family, part of the counterculture? In what way? How did that affect your family life?
4. Did you participate in any marches or protests, either in the civil rights movement or in the anti-Vietnam War movement? What were your experiences with that'?
5. What is your most lasting memory of America's involvement in Vietnam'? If the American involvement in Vietnam or the draft had an impact on your life in the 1960s, please tell us in what way that it did.
6. In your community, how was the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King looked upon? Did the Civil Rights movement make a difference in your life? Please explain.
7. Where were you when you heard that JFK had been shot? How did his assassination, and then the assassination of so many other public figures, affect you and the people around you?
8. How did the role of women change during the 1960s? Did you, or anyone you knew, change their lifestyle or views because of the feminist ideas circulating in the 1960s? 9. Did you watch the moon landing on TV? What impact did that have on society?
10. For you, what were the most memorable parts of the 1960s? The best thing? The worst thing?

11. What were the biggest changes you noticed from the beginning of the `60s to the end of the `60s? What is the most significant difference in American society today as opposed to the society of the 1960s?
12. What national figures did you admire? Were there any that you didn't?
13. How did the Cold War and concern with communism spill over into everyday life in America?
14. What are your personal recollections of growing up during the Cold War? How did you feel about the Soviet Union? Why?
15. Did your view of the war in Vietnam change over time? How, why, and when?
16. Was there a generational gap in your family regarding the issues of Vietnam or any other controversial topics of the time period?
17. Do you find there to be similarities between Iraq and Vietnam? Explain.
18. How did events of the `60s influence who you are today?
19. How did women's roles in your family/neighborhood change during the Women's
Lib. Movement?
20. If you could change anything about the 1960s, what would it be?
21. Did the events of the `60s (war, assassinations, etc.) cause you to lose faith in government? In society? In the future?
22. What impact did desegregation have on those around you?