Fifties Icons of Rebellion and Dissent Jackson Pollock

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Fifties Icons of Rebellion and Dissent
Jackson Pollock establishes a Revolution in
American art with action painting --his brush
never Touched the canvas.style was called
abstract expressionism --a rejection of
artistic conventions and traditions.
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Be-Bop and Hip Hop
Hip-hop has emerged from an urban-street vibe
and has swept the music In America and globally.
Be-bop did the same to modern jazz by
Introducing a new, freer, non-traditional feel
to music in the early 50s
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Rock and Rollrock and roll here to stay

• Rock and roll, like baseball, was to become a
  mirror of our society and a catalyst for social
  and cultural changes especially among the
  races.and the newly emerging babyboomer
  teenagers. Its messages were powerful freedom,
  invidualism, energyand sexualtity.

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Film Icons Rebel without a Cause
The Wild Ones

• Brando and James Dean became THE film icons of
  the generation. As the Eagles tribute song to
  Dean said Too fast to livetoo young to die

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Blondes have more fun.

• The image of a married woman showing her legs in
  this photo is controversialand symbolic of the
  coming of the womens challenge to traditional
  constraints on their freedom.

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The beats
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Civil Protests and Civil Rights
King and Rosa Parks
Ralph Ellision
Emmett Till

• Faces and voices of racial unrest.