1960s Counterculture
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Introduction
- Hippies, New Left, Flower Children
- Peace, Love, Personal Freedom
- Working Class clothing
- Tribal and communal ideals
- Love, Drugs, Music
Photo by Leo Reynolds
New Left
political cartoon
new left political views
- Against nuclear weapons and Vietnam War
- Teach-ins
- Congress' view on Hippies
- Information leaked and televised
Photo by Giuseppe Martino™
New left political views
- Quaker members Norman Morrison and Robert Allen La Porte
- Domino Theory
- "The Great Speckled Bird", underground newspaper
Sexual Revolution and Politics
The abandonment of conservative ways and questioning of traditional sexual roles
Women
- The Feminine Mystique (1962)
- Feminism and The Pill (Envoid 1960)
- Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
- Politics encircle sexually related issues (abortion/divorce)
- Free Love
homosexuals
- Homophile vs. gay rights movements
- Vanguard Organization
- Stonewall riots of 1969 in Greenwich Village
- Lesbian feminism stemmed from original feminist movement
- Demonstrations against discrimination based on sexual orientation
Sexual Politics
StoneWall Riots
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example of hippies on a van to travel from place to place.
colors crazyness
colors crazyness
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music
loitering
fashion
loitering
fashion
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drug
fashion
fashion
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protests
start of hippies in political sphere
start of hippies in political sphere
Hippie culture
- Influenced by the Beat Generation and Wandervogel in Germany
- Greenwich Village, Berkeley, and Haight-Ashbury
- Summer of Love
- Love Paegent Rally
- Woodstock
Photo by jaredjhansen
Critics of the hippies
- Degradation of cultural values and ethics
- Cause mindlessness and violence
- People's Park
- Death of the Hippie Movement
Impact of the hippies
- Popularized multiple aspects of society
- Religious and cultural diversity
- Frankness regarding sexual matters
- New rise of popular culture
Positive (first 3)
Negative(last 2)--critics
Negative(last 2)--critics
Photo by C-Monster
Racial Equality
Peaceful Civil Rights
- Nonviolent actions constituted the first half of the 60s
- Freedom Riders (1961)
- Succeeded in their journey and inspired many more rides
- King's walk in Birmingham (1963)
- Accomplishments of the movement
-nonviolent action constituted the first half of the 60s
-Freedom Riders (1961): College students, both black and white, challenged against the lack of desegregation
-planned to ride through Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and end in Louisiana
(some of the most segregated and racist southern states)
-in Anniston and Birmingham, the riders met with violence aided by the police and many injured riders were turned away from hospitals
-despite violent outbreaks the Freedom Riders continued their journey and made it to the end, but were arrested after stopping
-the riders inspired many more rides, which were also met with brutality and many were put in prisons, treated cruelly, and sentenced to death row
-King’s walk in Birmingham (1963): Martin Luther King ordered a nonviolent protest in what was known as the country’s most segregated city
-The walk was attacked brutally with fire hoses, dogs, and policemen beating down on the activists
-Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested but released thanks to President Kennedy
-Accomplishments: abolition of poll tax (24th) and the Civil Rights Act of 1864(prohibits discrimination and allows federal government to enforce desegregation) and Voting Rights Act of 1965 (easier to register to vote)
Amendment) and Civil Rights Act of 1864
-Freedom Riders (1961): College students, both black and white, challenged against the lack of desegregation
-planned to ride through Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and end in Louisiana
(some of the most segregated and racist southern states)
-in Anniston and Birmingham, the riders met with violence aided by the police and many injured riders were turned away from hospitals
-despite violent outbreaks the Freedom Riders continued their journey and made it to the end, but were arrested after stopping
-the riders inspired many more rides, which were also met with brutality and many were put in prisons, treated cruelly, and sentenced to death row
-King’s walk in Birmingham (1963): Martin Luther King ordered a nonviolent protest in what was known as the country’s most segregated city
-The walk was attacked brutally with fire hoses, dogs, and policemen beating down on the activists
-Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested but released thanks to President Kennedy
-Accomplishments: abolition of poll tax (24th) and the Civil Rights Act of 1864(prohibits discrimination and allows federal government to enforce desegregation) and Voting Rights Act of 1965 (easier to register to vote)
Amendment) and Civil Rights Act of 1864
Photo by lsmadison
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Violent civil rights
- Violent action took control in the late 60s
- Black Panther Party (1966)
- Stokely Carmichael and Black Power
- Race riots (Newark and Detroit)
- Death of Martin Luther King Jr.
-violent action took control during the late 1960s with the rise of the Black Panther Party
-Black Panther Party started in 1966 created because felt needed to defend themselves against violence against them, and tired of being beaten with little justice
-violent against those who attacked them and brought new terror to civil rights
-Stokely Charmichael gave speech on black power, asserting black pride by any means necessary in 1968
-1968, race riots in Newark and Detroit
-Newark lasted 6 days and left 26 dead and hundreds injured
-Detroit lasted 7 days and 43 dead, 33 blacks and 10 whites with hundreds injured and thousands arrested
-in 1968, King is shot and killed
- Accomplishments: Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibiting discrimination in
housing
-Black Panther Party started in 1966 created because felt needed to defend themselves against violence against them, and tired of being beaten with little justice
-violent against those who attacked them and brought new terror to civil rights
-Stokely Charmichael gave speech on black power, asserting black pride by any means necessary in 1968
-1968, race riots in Newark and Detroit
-Newark lasted 6 days and left 26 dead and hundreds injured
-Detroit lasted 7 days and 43 dead, 33 blacks and 10 whites with hundreds injured and thousands arrested
-in 1968, King is shot and killed
- Accomplishments: Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibiting discrimination in
housing
Photo by neil conway
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Conclusion
- Age of dramatic social and cultural change
- Brought new political ideals
- Further linked social and political issues
- Rise of public's influence on politcs
change to be better
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