Compare the New Left's Student Manifesto, the Port Huron Statement

question 65

Essay

Compare the New Left's student manifesto, the Port Huron Statement, with that of the Young Americans for Freedom manifesto, the Sharon Statement. How does each address the problems of American society in the 1960s? How does each invoke the meaning of freedom?

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Definitions:

Cognitive Development

The process of growth and change in intellectual capabilities such as thinking, reasoning, and understanding.

Culture

The shared values, traditions, norms, customs, arts, history, folklore, and institutions of a group of people.

Animism

The belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.

Kick-stand

A device attached to a bicycle or motorcycle allowing it to stand upright without support from another object or person.