Respond to the following questions by researching their answers on the Internet.

1			Read "American Cultural History 1960 to 1969" (http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html). What trends and events discussed had the greatest impact on film? How did these influences manifest themselves on the big screen?
2			Read "Black Genre is Born" (http://www.blackvoices.com/feature/blk_history_98/blaxploitation/). How does this perception differ from that of the text? Make an argument for or against the "art" of the blaxploitation film.