Culture Club

The Great Society (aka The Great! Society!!) were a 1960s San Francisco rock band that existed from 1965 to 1966, and were closely associated with the burgeoning Bay Area acid rock scene. Best known as the original group of model-turned-singer Grace Slick, the initial line-up of the band also featured her then-husband Jerry Slick on drums, his brother Darby Slick on guitar, David Miner on vocals and guitar, Bard DuPont on bass, and Peter van Gelder on flute, bass, and saxophone. Miner and DuPont would not remain with the band for the duration of its existence.

Tom Joad is a fictional character from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Henry Fonda portrayed the character in John Ford's film adaptation. For this, he occupies Slot #12 on the "Heroes" list of AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains.

Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath narrates the story of Tom Joad and his family as they travel from Oklahoma to California in the midst of the Great Depression. The novel begins as Tom returns from prison to his family's farm. His family is forced to leave the farm as a result of the economic turmoil caused by the Dust Bowl. Tom breaks his parole and chooses to help his family. Throughout the novel Tom defends a humanistic point of view. He is willing to break civil law or stand against broader economic mechanisms to follow more humane and universal principles of morality and justice.