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Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
• is the name of several past and present organizations in the United States that have advocated white supremacy, antisemitism（反犹太主义，反闪族主 义）, racism, homophobia（憎恶同性恋）, and nativism（本土主义）. • These organizations have often used terrorism, violence and acts of intimidation（胁迫）, such as cross lighting to oppress African Americans, and other social or ethnic groups.
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• John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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• John Fitzgerald Kennedy , also referred JFK, was the 35th President of the United States. • In 1960 he became the youngest person ever to be elected President of the United States. Kennedy served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. • The Bay of Pigs Invasion (猪湾入侵事件), the Cuban Missile Crisis (古巴导弹危机), the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the American Civil Rights Movement and early events of the Vietnam War took place during his presidency.
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• Playboy is an American men's magazine. The magazine is published monthly and features photographs of nude women, along with various articles on fashion, sports, consumer goods, and public figures.
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• Football’s American TV viewership ratings far surpass those of other sports. The day of the National F球联盟锦标赛, the Super Bowl 超级 杯, is one of the biggest occasions for social gatherings in the U.S. and is sometimes referred to as an unofficial national holiday.
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• The majority of the film consists of Forrest sitting on a bench
• waiting for a bus and recounting his life story to a succession of people.
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• His mother named him after Nathan Bedford Forrest, a noted Confederate general in the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard (大巫师) of the Ku Klux Klan. • She intended his name to be a reminder that "sometimes we all do things that, well, just don't make no sense."
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Racial Segregation 种族隔离
• is characterized by separation of different races in daily life, such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a rest room, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home.
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Gist（要点） • Forrest Gump is a 1994 drama film based on a novel by Winston Groom that was written in 1986, and the name of the title character of both. The film was a huge commercial success, the top grossing(票房收入最高的) film in North America released that year.
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• The film tells the story of a simple man and his epic journey through life, meeting historical figures, influencing popular culture and experiencing first-hand historic events while largely unaware of their significance, due to his lower than average intelligence.
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• Elvis Aaron Presley (1935 –1977),
• an American singer, musician and actor. He is a cultural icon, often known simply as Elvis; also "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King". • He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in the history of popular music.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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• Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969) following President John F. Kennedy's assassination. • He was responsible for designing his Great Society, comprising liberal legislation including civil rights laws, Medicare (health care for the elderly), Medicaid (health care for the poor), aid to education, and a major ―War on Poverty‖ 对贫穷作战. Simultaneously, he escalated the American involvement in the Vietnam War, from 16,000 American soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 in early 1968.
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The Red Room
• Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of President John F. Kennedy (1961–63), directed the most extensive and historic redecoration of the house in its history.
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Winston Groom
Winston Groom (born 1944) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for his book Forrest Gump （1986）, which was adapted into a film in 1994.
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• The film garnered a total of 13 Academy Award nominations, of which it won six, including Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay (最佳改编剧本) and Best Actor.
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The Vietnam War
• occurred from 1959 to April 30, 1975 in Vietnam. The war successfully reunified the Vietnamese to a degree, the war may be viewed as a Cold War conflict between the U.S., its allies, and South Vietnam on one side, and the Soviet Union, its allies, the People's Republic of China, and North Vietnam on the other. Others, however, viewed the conflict as a civil war.