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| Head of Communist Party. Warned people of Nazis until Hitler-Stalin pact made; then said Hitler was not so bad |
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| Leading member of English department at Harvard. Heavily criticized non-communist parties. Stated that communists were not to be feared; resigned from communist party after pact |
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| Singer of "God Bless America" |
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| Ex-Communist folksinger. Hated the Hitler-Stalin pact |
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| American journalist who reported from London about the Nazis during bombings. Later became the head of Voice of America organization |
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| Cartoonist drafterd into army who drew cartoons that expressed how army troops felt |
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| Star reporter for Washington newspapers that followed troops through North Africa and Italy andf wrote about the experiences that they had. |
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| One of the finest PhD's in Engineering in America, first head of Scientific Research & Development |
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| Professor at University of Penn; built first digital computer |
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| Hungarian refugee that came up with notion that Einstein's theory of relativity whent somewhere and could split atoms. |
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| Rare physicist who could understand how things worked and how to make things work in physics. Started the Manhattan Project |
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| Washington soldier; chief of staff during WWII, later appointed to secretary of state; created Marshall plan |
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| started International Buisness Machines-IBM |
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| wrote "The Feminine Mystique"; made statement that women were being forced back into the household |
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| Actor; starred in movies popular to teens in the 50's |
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| started Wham-O, company that created the Frisbee, hula-hoop, and slip'n'slide |
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| editor of EC comics, created Mad Magazine |
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| Cleveland DJ, played blues music |
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| essential figure in labor force of African Americans; leading union organizers. Head of Pullman labor force union. |
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| black opera singer than sang in front of the Lincoln Memorial after being rejected from singing in a Daughters of American Revolution building |
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| invented term freedom rider, organized King's March on Washington |
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| Trained to boycott; Head of NAACP in Alabama |
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| originally didn't want anything to do with Civil Rights Movement, made into spokesperson of boycott |
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| highly acclaimed mathematician at MIT; wrote political reform folk songs |
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| Leading writer during civil rights movement, wrote Go Tell it on the Mountain-about bigotry & discrimination |
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| Advocated ecoterrorism; wrote The Monkey Wrench Gang |
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| author, wrote about poverty on the mountains; wrote the Dollmaker-about culture of poverty |
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| wrote Catch-22; first major anti-war novel written |
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| University of Texas shooter |
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| Franco Ferracuti & Marvin Wolfgang |
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| criminologists whoe study of violence and its effect on America became popular-Subculture of Violence |
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| gay writer of the New Yorker, wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood-reported violence in America |
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| committed the murders in the book "In Cold Blood" |
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| wrote for the National Review, wrote about murders in California' hated the free love movement |
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| wrote about his experience of the story, not about the story; wrote for Rolling Stone |
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| psychologist at Cal; says society needed mood changin psychotropic drugs to solve domestic problems and violence |
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| reverend who preached in Detroit who preached that we can be moral people, but society is immoral. JFK and MLK were followers of him |
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| wrote "the Power of Positive Thinking"-most successful religious book outside of the Bible; Christian self-help book |
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| LA reverend that told followers to repent |
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| American way of life is indivudalistic, dynamic, pragmatic |
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| wrote book about how brutality of slavery was immoral & unjust-Peculiar Institution |
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| leading theorist of early Cold War; Theory of Containment |
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| captures religions revival in America |
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| wanted to draw art representing Workers in America; tried to understand what it meant to be a human being and painted accordingly |
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| Professor of art at MSU; taught his brother to paint |
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| Action painting; convergence |
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| picture of girl in field by farmhouse; ridiculed by fellow artists |
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| wrote Rise of the Meritocracy; permanent elite in government, people who believe they have achieved power b/c of their merit, problem of stove piping |
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| first meritoratic president |
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| father of JFK; made money from mob in Boston & married mayor's daughter, Rose |
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| planned development of NYC, hated Ebbets Field, wanted Dodgers to move to Queens |
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| created American Football League and built the Astrodome |
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| architect who built buildings in Chicago, plain buildings that were cheaper to put up; economical, not liveable |
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| disciples of Mies from Michigan |
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| liberal who wanted Activist government, and sharing American ideals w/the rest of the world; LBJ's vice president |
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| first "liberal" president in history; won re-election on liberal platform |
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| governor of Michigan, built Mackinac Bridge, massive state spending on K-12 education |
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| born in Detroit, founder of Motown Record |
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| first major artist to have success under Gordy |
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| first major artis with Tamla Records |
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| William "Smokey" Robinson |
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| light skinned church going boy from Detroit |
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| young girl group that eventually became the Supremes |
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| Flo Ballard, Mary Wilson, Betty McGlown, originally clapped in the background of records |
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| had a "romance" with Berry Gordy; lead singer of the Supremes |
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| baked up great bands such as the Temptations |
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| Eddie Kendricks-lead singer |
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| Stevie Wonders; played "Real Church Music" |
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| mother of Stevland Judkins |
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| had a career before going to Motown |
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| playwrite, wrote Waiting for Gadreaux; one of the funniest plays ever written; odd, strange plays |
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| wrote "Look Back in Anger" |
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| created theory of existentialism |
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| wrote "The American Dream" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?"; wrote plays in America using themes from Europe |
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| skiffle band that would eventually become the Beatles |
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| British band that did the blues |
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| British band that did the blues; Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page |
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| leader of North Vietnam; originally lived in America and Britain |
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| Stages of Growth theory, countries undergo sudden bursts of reformation; advisor to President Kennedy |
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| Secretary of Defense for Kennedy & Johnson |
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| leader of Berkeley Revolt |
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| Draft Dodger Rag, mobilization against the War in vietnam (The Mobe) |
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| "Okie From Muskogee" wrote Anti-antiwar songs |
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| wrote Making of the Counter Culture |
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| Head of legal division of NAACP; had to come up with lawsuits to sue the government; First African American member of the Supreme Court |
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| wrote for major newspapers of Florida, wrote book-length study of a swamp; leading advocate of preserving Everglade |
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| Changed sierra club from social club into a fundamental organization to protect the environment |
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| wrote Silent Spring; Government scientist; started modern environmental movement |
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| campaigned in front of UN to stop nuclear warfare, the War in Vietnam |
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| wrote articles that were put together in The Other America |
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| Musician "We Shall Overcome" |
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| Voice for a group that wanted to articulate reform i nsong |
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| sang like Woddy Guthrie; "Blowing in the Wind" |
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| British Prime Minister during and after WWI |
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| Senator on the House of un-American Activities Committee |
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| editor of Time Magazine; claimed Alger Hiss was a traitor to America form Russia |
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| accused of being a communist and a Russian spy; found guilty of perjury; |
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| minor clerk during Manhattan project |
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| Julius & Etheal Rosenberg |
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| American communist couple who were convicted and executed for conspiracy to commit espionage |
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| Wisconsin senator; involvement in anti-communist crusade when almost over; proclaimed to have a list of names of communists, but really didn't |
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| wrote the Crucible about Salem witch trials, linked witch trials to Communist crusades |
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| director of famous western movie "Bad Guy" |
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| actor who played cowboy who takes care of trouble in town with some help |
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| director who transformed film |
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| saxophonist who was self-taught, did drugs |
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| writer from Massachusetts, never trained as a writer, inspired by experience |
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| Gay, unhappy, Jewish poet |
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