This is a project I did for my Popular Culture class in which we had to interview someone from a different generation than us and find out what type of music group they liked. This was my journey through Rafael Ruiz's memories as well as American history.

1. The Rolling Stones Era
Presented By:
Melissa Simmons

2. Memories from Rafael Ruiz
Born in
Dominican
Republic
Won Dance
Contest when he
was 14 (1968)
Danced to (I
Can’t Get No…)
Satisfaction

3. Dominican Republic
Civil War1965
Farmer and Military Protest United States Military Invasion

4. Coming To America
December 1970
Moved to America
September 1972
Enlisted in the U.S.
Navy
Enlisted during
Vietnam War
Travelled Italy, Africa,
Germany, Europe,
Indonesia
Listened to The
Rolling Stones in
several languages

5. History of the Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger &
Keith Richards
Childhood
Friends
Reunited in
1960: Realized
they shared
musical interests
Created a band,
played in Blues
clubs in London
Officially known
as The Rolling
Stones in 1962

6. Making Mainstream America
Started off performing
covers of other artists’ work
First US Tour 1965
Performed in Clearwater,
Florida May 6, 1965
That night I Can’t Get No
Satisfaction was created
One of first original songs
Held number 1 spot on
charts for four weeks

7. America During the 1960s-1970s
British Invasion
John F. Kennedy
and Martin Luther
King Jr.
assassinated
Fight for Equality-
Civil Rights
Movement
Vietnam War-Young
Men Drafted
Woodstock,
Stonewall, Space

8. Protests
Kent State Shooting Stonewall Riots

9. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair
Housing Act)
Follow Up to Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Act of 1965

10. Civil Rights Movement
“Sweet Black Angel”

11. Vietnam War

12. Rock n Roll Hall of Fame
1989
Together over 50 years