Interview with my Father
Q: What was everyday life like in the 1960’s?
A: Life was very complex, so many things were going on around me and there were so many differnt issues being spoken about throughout the day in our classes and at home with parents or friends.
Q: what was the civil rights movement like?
A: i remember seeing kids bussed into school from inner cities or from other parts of LA.
Q: What do you think the music was like?
A: I love the music in this time period i still listen to much of it to this day.
Interview with my Mom.
Q: What was everyday life like in the 1960’s?
A: I was really young back then and i grew up in a black community to i got to witness the civil rights movement first hand.
Q: where did you grow up?
A: On rosecranse in parts of compton and Norwalk. all of my neighbors were affiliated with gangs
Q: What were the rodney King riots like?
A: I was a lot older by then so i was able to get out of LA before it got to bad. I left LA about and hour after it had started.
Interview with my Nextdoor neighbor Craig Doorhout
Q: What was it like growing up in the early 70’s?
A: there were a lot of drugs and a lot of good music was being released. I loved that era of music
Q: What was the social life like?
A: pretty much everyone got along, there were no major problems where i grew up in the valley.
Q:Were there a lot of Drugs?
A: yes many people got sucked into the hippy movement.
Interview with my Uncle Mike Higa
Q: did you get involved in gangs because of where you grew up?
A: no i did not. i knew that if i had i wouldnt be where i am today.
Q: What were the African American kids like during the civil rights movement?
A: They seemed very distant from people who werent black, they almost looked scared at some points like i was going to attack them.
Q: What was school like?
A: school was very different, its not like it is today. The laws and the way people acted and spoke would definitely not being something youd want to repeat now a days.
Interview with my Uncle Larry.
Q: what was the civil rights movement like in Boston?
A: I didnt get to experience it as much because most everyone was white where i lived.
Q: What did you think about how the government handled the whole civil rights movement?
A: I think it would have been delt with a lot better but im glad that they eventually signed an amendment making it illegal to discriminate against race or gender.
Q:What was your favorite part about this generation?
A: the lifestyle that people lived and eventually everyone just got along and there was practically no more hate.
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