Essential Questions Questions What were the principal causes
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■ Essential Questions: Questions –What were the principal causes & effects of the counterculture movements of the 1960 s & 1970 s? –What does it mean to be a “hippie? ” –What is the “establishment? ”
A Generation in Conflict: Conflict 1965 -1974
A Decade of Protest: 1965 -1974 ■ The from 1965 1974 Thedecade Sixties generation wastothe best educated inby American history was marked protest dueother to: Protests against Vietnam linked criticism—The abroad, ” –social Escalation of the “war Vietnam War intensified a “war at home” –Attack on middle-class values –Increased college enrollment ■ The initial liberal protests began on college campuses but soon inspired other, national protests: African-Americans Mexican-Americans Native-Americans Women Hippies
The Student Revolt Refused to allow Free Speech movement ■ The student protest movement to collect money for off-campus causes began at UC-Berkeley in 1964 with the Free Speech movement –Students protested the “corporate face” & “ 1950 s rules” of UC-Berkeley –Students rioted when denied a political voice on campus ■ This inspired the formation of Students for a Democratic Society to end racism, poverty, & violence
Mario Savio & the Free Speech riots The Berkeley protests & University of Michigan-based SDS inspired riots on campuses across the USA Brown University ended required courses & grades Many colleges ended “in loco parentis” rules
The Cultural Revolution Increase in. Harvard premarital professor Timothy Leary: “Summer of Love” student protests sex■&The use of the “pill” “Let’s all try coincided LSD!! in 1967 Tune in, turn on, & drop in out!” with youth counter-culture 1965 Use of psychoactive & “Everyone must get ■ Beginning in San Francisco & hallucinogenic drugs stoned, ” Bob Dylan spreading throughout the US, the “hippie” culture emphasized: –Sexual expression Folk music –Clothing British invasion & electric rock –Drugs Acid rock –Music
Folk singers like Joan Baez & Bob Dylan “Electric rock” (until Dylan discovered like The Beatles the electric guitar) “Acid rock” like the Grateful Dead Music was an important element to 1960 s counter-culture
Is this the nation’s youth? ? Drugs Sex Rock ‘n’ Roll No work ethic? Mostly children from upper-middle class families
1968: The Year of Turmoil
1968 ■ 1968 was one of the most turbulent years in U. S. history –Martin Luther King Jr. & Robert Kennedy were assassinated –Riots broke out at the Democratic National Convention –The Tet Offensive showed that the USA was not winning the Vietnam War
Protesting the Vietnam War ■ The most dramatic focus of youthful rebellion was Vietnam: –Mostly led by college students who escaped the draft –Students protested the draft, military research on college campuses, & disproportionate use of black & Hispanic soldiers –Protests got stronger as fighting intensified in Vietnam in 1966
U. S. Troop Levels in Vietnam
Vietnam in 1968 ■ In 1968, the Vietcong launched the Tet Offensive against U. S. forces in South Vietnam –The attack was contrary to media reports that the U. S. was winning the Vietnam War –The attack led LBJ to believe that Vietnam could not be won ■ In 1968, LBJ began discussions to seek a truce & announced that he would not seek re-election
The Tet Offensive, 1968
A Black-Owned A White-Owned Business in 1968 Business. Assassinations ■ In 1968, leading ■ In 1968, Martin Democratic Luther King was presidential assassinated in candidate Memphis & race Robert Kennedy riots broke out in was shot during over 100 cities the California primary
The 1968 Democratic Convention ■ The withdrawal of LBJ & death of RFK, left 2 candidates for the Democratic nomination in 1968: –MN Senator Eugene Mc. Carthy – VP Hubert Humphrey Idealistic & anti-war—supported by uppermiddle class whites & college students ■ TV showed angry protestors & police fight outside the convention Truman-style Cold Warrior—supported by when Humphrey was nominated Democratic party leaders; Did not campaign
1968 Democratic National Convention Republicans benefited from the Vietnam disaster & a shattered Democratic party; Nixon won the election as a reconciler
Social Protests of the 1960 s & 1970 s
“I’m black & I’m "Black Power" proud!” More than 50% ofcivil northern ■ In the late 1960 s, rights Brown from —James blacks lived in poverty political to economic equality –Leadership shifted from MLK’s nonviolent protest to militancy –Civil rights began to reflect the overt embrace of black culture & pride: dashikis, afros, “dap, ” rejection of “slave names, ” & the “black is beautiful” motto
“Political power comes "Black Power" through the barrel of a gun” ■ SNCC leader Stokely Carmichael —Huey. Carmichael: Newton –Told blacks to seize power where they outnumber whites –Called for black-controlled unions, co-ops, & political parties ■ The Black Panthers dedicating themselves to defending blacks from police brutality & serving their communities
“Brown Power” ■ Mexican-Americans began to advocate for their rights: –“La Raza” called for cultural awareness, voter registration, education & poverty reforms –César Chávez organized the Nat’l Farm Workers' Assoc to demand better pay for pickers –“Chicanos” called for & won bilingual education programs
“Pink Power” Growth of female-run small businesses helped overcome corporate movement “glass ceiling” ■ Women's Liberation demanded rights & In 1973, theincreased Supreme Court upheld In. America: the late 1960 s, In thean 1960 s, women end to sexism abortion rights inin. Roe v Wade mostbecame families, the “pill” were still employed in But…in –Friedan’s Feminine Mystique both parents worked widely available stereotypical jobs… out of criticized housewife lifethe home …were still seen as …& unmarried –Nat’l Org of Women called adults for “homemakers” outnumbered married equal pay, child care, rape laws, adults for the first time & anti-abortion laws –Equal Rights Amendment was revived to end sexism
The. State ERA Voting by fell 3 on states of the shy ERA the ¾ needed for ratification
“Rainbow Power” ■ The Gay Liberation movement started in 1969 after the Stonewall Riot in New York City –The Gay Liberation Front demanded end to discrimination & rallied gays to “come out” –The American Psychiatry Assoc ended its classification of homosexuality as a disease –½ of all states changed their sodomy & employment laws
“Red Power” Resulted in marches on the Bureau of Indian ■ The American Indian movement Affairs in D. C. & Wounded Knee in S. D. sought to service its communities A 5 -month protest California to D. C. & regain lost from lands: to protest past U. S. treaty violations –“Indians of All Tribes” took Alcatraz Island in 1969 & called attention to the movement –“Trail of Broken Tears” in 1972 & “Long March” in 1978 helped lead to the return of lands across the country to tribes
“Yellow Power” ■ The Asian-American movement began with the formation of the Asian American Political Alliance: –Protested U. S. involvement in Vietnam & use of term “gooks” –Called for & received Asian. American studies in colleges, health services in Asian communities, & reparations for interned Japanese-Americans
Civil Liberties ■ Civil liberties were protected for people accused of crimes: –Gideon v Wainwright (1963)—all (1963) citizens, no matter the crime, have the right to an attorney –Escobedo v Illinois (1964)— (1964) citizens have the right to remain silent during interrogations –Miranda v Arizona (1966)— (1966) suspects must be told of their right against self-incrimination
Conclusions ■ The counterculture & “power protests” used similar “Black is Beautiful, ” “Gaymethods: is Good, ” & “Sisterhood is Powerful” –Active & often-militant protest for civil & economic rights –Cultural pride & awareness ■ These protests would continue but would faced confrontation by the conservative politics of the 1970 s & 1980 s
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