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America in Turmoil: Social Movements of the 1960s

America in Turmoil: Social Movements of the 1960s. Ms. Amundsen AP United States History 4.8.14. “And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.” –John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath. Repression of the 1950s.

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America in Turmoil: Social Movements of the 1960s

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  1. America in Turmoil: Social Movements of the 1960s Ms. Amundsen AP United States History 4.8.14

  2. “And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.” –John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath Repression of the 1950s • America dominates the global economy after WWII • Movement to the “burbs” • Communist Scare • Strict social standards • “bubble gum” era • Segregation of American society • Commodification and media influence

  3. Break on Through: The Creation of the Counterculture • The Haight Ashbury • Beatnik Writers and other Influences • Jazz musicians based in Harlem • Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac • Emergence of Psychedelic Retail Shops • Albert Hoffman and LSD • Owlsey Stanley and his distribution empire • On the other side of the pond: Timothy Leary • “Turn on, tune in, drop out” • Psychedelic Literature and uses

  4. The Civil Rights Movement Montgomery Bus Boycott Freedom Rides Freedom Summer Rise of MLK Jr Help from the Free Speech Movement

  5. The movements begin • Berkeley Free Speech movement • 1964-1965 school year • SLATE • Mario Savio, Michael Rossman, Bettina Aptheker, Steve Weissman, Art Goldberg, Jackie Goldberg • Goal: wanted school admin to lift ban on on-campus political activities, protect student speech • Achievement: admin allowed for student organizations to organize and promote their message during certain parts of the day

  6. Anti-Vietnam War Movement Yippee Movement Levitation of the Pentagon Flower Power “Summer of Love” 1968 Music festivals: Monterrey, Altamont, Woodstock March on Washington

  7. Women’s Movement Betty Friedan’s Feminist Mystique Burning Bra Protests Anti-Pageant protests Creation of NOW ERA Movement First Look: Billie Jean King influence on ERA movement

  8. Gay Rights Movement • Growth in numbers in the Castro • San Francisco • Harvey Milk • Prop 6 • Employment Rights • Today’s issues • Marriage

  9. Death of an Era • Kent State • Vietnam escalations • Hard Drug use

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