1960s
... rights for all Americans regardless of race. The most important leader through the course of these events was Martin Luther King Junior. He dedicated his entire life to resolving social problems and international conflict non-violently. King endured imprisonment and physical injuries but not even the largest inequities would hold him back from what he believed. In the late 1960s, tensions began to rise as the Roman Catholics minority began a civil rights movement in means for an end to their discrimination. Inspired by the American movement the Catholics started non-violent marches which inturn triggered a series of violent clashes between the Catholics and the Protestants. Queen Elizabeth II was the head of state in the UK. She traveled extensively and did a lot to reduce the distance between monarch and people. Throughout this period Elizabeth's primary role was as a symbol of unity and continuity. Bernadette Devlin like Martin Luther King Jr. took parts in the fight for her rights. She partook in the first Northern Ireland civil rights marches in 1968 and 1969. Like King Devlin was also imprisoned for actions, she made in the movement, was later shot, and seriously wounded. The events in Northern Ireland affected all aspects of life one such example of that is in the British artist Seamus Heaney. Heaney a catholic fled Northern Ireland in 1969 when the violent conflicts erupted. Most of his works are concerning the political conflict in his native land and he later one the Nobel Prize in Literature for these works. Among war, terrorism and Social advancements Culture flourished. The United Kingdom replaced the United States as the leader in fashion, style, and especially music, with popular music groups such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones emerging as the dominant rock groups of the day. Andrew Loyd Webber a popular British composer of theatrical music was on the rise because of his popular musical Jesus Christ Superstar which is the longest running musical in the history of British theater. The rising of British pop culture and the arts provided a ray of light toward a brighter future. Advancements in Civil Rights improved influence of the women’s movement and the fight for equality of the sexes, Medical advancements and increased space exploration.The British contributed to the finding of the molecular structure DNA, which ...