American Songwriter

The Story and Meaning Behind “Early 1970,” Ringo Starr’s Take on The Beatles’ Strained Post-Breakup Relationships

For anybody wondering about the state of relations among the four Beatles following the announcement of their breakup in 1970, Ringo Starr came through with an update. He did it via the song “Early ...
American Songwriter

3 One-Hit Wonders From 1970 That Will Never Lose Their Spark

These one-hit wonders from the year 1970 will never get old, especially for fans of that early era of 1970s goodness.
The Michigan Daily

‘Art, Abstraction, and Politics in the Early 1970s’: Apolitical art as inherently political

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The early ’70s are often romanticized — good vibes, groovy music and sociopolitical activism. It ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Brief History of Airplane Hijackings, From the Cold War to D.B. Cooper

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's flag hangs on the door of a hijacked TWA Boeing 707 at Dawson's Field in Libya in September 1970. Corbis Historical via Getty Images Though many ...
PBS

Psychiatry and Homosexuality

In the U.S., as recently as the early 1970's, homosexuals were considered mentally ill. In the U.S., as recently as the early 1970's, homosexuals were considered mentally ill. Watch this clip, in ...