Blog #43

The Beatles influenced my father during his youth. He grew up in Detroit with motown and great musical groups. He was very involved with music and even going to concerts at a local dance hall. He saw Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix and other great musicians that he hadn't even heard of before. The Beatles was one of his favorite bands and he remembers waiting in line to buy their record and hear their new songs. The Beatles were a huge band in more ways then we even know. They have influenced other music and musicians and even the public. They were the, "most popular rock band of the era." (Powerpoint Lecture Part Two, Lecture 14.) The band became an idol for my dad and made a huge impact on music. My dad went to a concert of theirs but said he couldn't even hear them perform because they girls were singing so loudly-they became the teen obsession. 

Blog #42

Here are some primary documents from my research into my family history. I have a lot of newspaper headlines from the actual event that happened. 

American Airline Crash 
This was a major airplane crash that left no survivors behind. President Kennedy became involved and contaced the Federal Aviation Agency and enlisting their help to prevent this from ever happening again.
Kennedy Assassination 
This happened right as my father came to America. Here he was in a new country living his life on the promise of a better future and the president is shot to death. Of course we all know about Kennedy's assassination and how Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder and later shot. 
What stands out to me the most is the fact that my father came to America for a better life but one of his first memories was the assassination of Kennedy. It didn't matter where in the country or even the world you were, that was a major and shocking event that happened. My father remembers being at gym class in school. Now I think I might want to interview my dad about school and what it was like when he first started going there and Kennedy assassination can be tied into that since he found out as he was at school.