Flag for the Moon

"Flag for the Moon"

by Faith Ringgold (1969)

Additional social and political expressions for the year 1969

Music to take you Back in Time

political event:

In December 1969 Chicago police and state officers raided the apartment of Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark and shot them to death as they woke from sleep.

social events:

Maynard Jackson, Jr. elected first African American mayor of Atlanta, GA in 1969

drama:

The Breakout (1969) by Charles Gordon

sculpture:

Richard Hunt

film:

100 Rifles (1969) shattered film tradition when African American Jim Brown makes love to European American Raquel Welch

dance:

Alvin Ailey becomes director of the American Dance Theatre in 1969

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	Music to take you Back in Time
political event:	In December 1969 Chicago police and state officers raided the apartment of Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark and shot them to death as they woke from sleep.
social events:	Maynard Jackson, Jr. elected first African American mayor of Atlanta, GA in 1969
drama:	The Breakout (1969) by Charles Gordon
sculpture:	Richard Hunt
film:	100 Rifles (1969) shattered film tradition when African American Jim Brown makes love to European American Raquel Welch
dance:	Alvin Ailey becomes director of the American Dance Theatre in 1969