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Political & Cultural Turmoil of the Late 60’s & Early 70’s

Political & Cultural Turmoil of the Late 60’s & Early 70’s. “New Left” Movement: Student political activism inspired in part by the black civil rights movement. Students for a Democratic Society. "We would replace power rooted in possession, privilege, or circumstance,

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Political & Cultural Turmoil of the Late 60’s & Early 70’s

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  1. Political & CulturalTurmoil ofthe Late 60’s & Early 70’s

  2. “New Left” Movement: Student political activism inspired in part by the black civil rights movement Students for a Democratic Society • "We would replace power rooted in • possession, privilege, or circumstance, • with power rooted in love, reflectiveness, • reason, and creativity." -SDS, "Port Huron Statement“

  3. UC Berkeley Free Speech Movement (1964) Mario Savio Ordinary Americans pp.247-249

  4. Stopping the draft & Vietnam War become the focus of student activism

  5. THE COUNTERCULTURE APPEARS

  6. The Hippy Movement • The term “hippy” comes from being hip. You were either hip or you were a “square” or a “pig.”

  7. Way of Life • Hippies looked for an alternative way to live life. • They discarded possessions, often lived in parks or campsites in the woods to feel free • Some joined communes or tribes • Nudity was another form of freedom

  8. Way of Life • Most hippies valued nature, intimacy, peace, sharing & spirituality. • Many rejected order, monogamy, social responsibility

  9. Counterculture Fashion • Distanced themselves from mainstream culture by their dress. • Colorful, flowing clothing, beads, headbands, bellbottoms & tie-dye were popular. • Men grew hair and beards long

  10. Haight Ashbury By 1965 hippies had taken over the Haight Ashbury district. San Francisco = birthplace of the counterculture movement.

  11. Hippy Music • Most popular music was psychedelic rock • Bands like Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Grateful Dead played free concerts at Golden Gate Park. • Concerts and be-ins were places for hippies to protest, socialize, dance, or take drugs.

  12. Human Be-Ins Golden Gate Park 1967 Poet Allen Ginsburg 3 min. 6 min. 3 min.

  13. Woodstock Festival In April 1969 at Woodstock over 250,000 hippies showed up to hear artists like Janis Joplin, The Who, Canned Heat, The Allman Brothers, and Country Joe and the Fish.

  14. Drug Culture • Drugs like marijuana and LSD were a big part of the hippy/counterculture movement. • They were in pursuit of altered states of consciousness • Using drugs made hippies feel like the were rebelling from mainstream society. • Timothy Leary (a Harvard professor) was an advocate of LSD.

  15. Before we romanticize the hippies too much………….. Drug addiction out of proportion with the population Out of wedlock pregnancy rate very high Sexually transmitted diseases all over the place

  16. 1968A “tumultuous” year

  17. Tet Offensive

  18. MLK Assassination Racial tensions explode in dozens of cities

  19. 1968 Election Eugene McCarthy, Robert Kennedy & Hubert Humphrey all vie for Democratic Nomination after LBJ pulls out unexpectedly

  20. RFK Assassination

  21. ’68 Chicago Democratic Convention

  22. Republican Nixon triumphs by taking advantage of public “Backlash” against turmoil in 1968 election. Nixon’s Slogans: “Peace With Honor” & I’ll listen to the “Silent Majority” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM-764N2QM8&feature=related Unpinned part 3

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