1. 1963 A TIME OF CHANGE AN ERA OF VIOLENCE A YEAR OF CONFLICT

2. The 1960s were filled with new, exciting, radical, and even revolutionary events and trends.

3. Cost of Living 1963 How Much Things Cost in 1963 Average cost of new house... $12,650.00 Average income per year... $5,807.00 Gas per gallon... 29 cents Average cost of a new car... $3,233.00 Loaf of bread... 22 cents Bedroom air conditioner... $149.95

4. Popular Culture of 1963  This was the year an insurance firm State Mutual Life Insurance invented the Smiley Face found on anything and everything around the world, including T shirts. Its popularity was at its peak in the 1960's.  Bob Dylan walked off the Ed Sullivan show after being told he can’t sing a song protesting some of the government’s actions.  Beatles released “I Want To Hold Your Hand”/”I Saw Her Standing There” and Meet the Beatles, which begins Beatlemania. They also released “She Loves You” which goes to #1 on Rock and Roll charts for 4 weeks.  Other popular musicians: Barbra Streisand, The Beach Boys, and little Stevie Wonder  Popular films: Cleopatra, The Longest Day, Lawrence of Arabia, Mutiny on the Bounty, and To Kill a Mockingbird  Popular TV shows: The Andy Griffith Show, The Flintstones, Mister Ed, The Avengers, and The Dick Van Dyke Show

5. Civil Rights was a HUGE issue that separated some people – and brought others together.

10. Martin Luther King Jr.  January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968  Led protests all over the South, peacefully working for freedom and equal rights for African Americans.  From 1957 to 1968, he traveled over six million miles and spoke publicly over twenty-five hundred times.  Delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, DC in 1963.  At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize.  In 1968, he was assassinated outside his hotel before a protest march.

11. Malcolm X  1925-1965 (born Malcolm Little)  He was an African American activist whose ideas about racial problems in the United States had an important influence on black nationalist and black separatist movements of the 1950s and 1960s.  His father died when he was 6, probably killed by white terrorists because of his activism. His mother had a nervous breakdown and all 8 children were taken away. Malcolm went into foster care.  He moved to Harlem (in NYC) when he was 17. He had a criminal record that included robbery and drug dealing.  He joined a group called the Nation of Islam and believed that Western nations were inherently racist and that black people must join together to build their own society and value system.  Malcolm X criticized figures like Martin Luther King, Jr. for trying to integrate with the white society rather than breaking separate from it.  He was assassinated on February 21, 1965, while giving a speech.

12. 1963 A time For hope