POLITICS AND PROTEST

NCHE - TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY

Dekalb, Georgia

Allan M. Winkler

March 5, 2013

Snapshots of the Sixties

Questions to Consider

• What Were the Roots of Political Activism?

• Why Did Camelot Crash?

• What Were the Roots of the Counterculture?

• What Was the Connection between the Counterculture and the New Left?

An Era of Upheaval

• An Overview of the 1960s– Confidence at the Start of the Decade– Political Stability and Democratic Reform– Disruption of all Fronts

• Political Upheaval and the New Left • The Impact of the Counterculture• Connections between Political Protest and

Social Change

Politics of the 1960s

• JFK and the New Frontier– Kennedy’s Background– Camelot– A Question of Character– The Record– Dallas

• LBJ and the Great Society– Johnson’s Background– The Impact of the Great Society– The Intrusion of the War in Vietnam

Politics of the 1960s

• JFK and the New Frontier– Kennedy’s Background– Camelot– A Question of Character– The Record– Dallas

• LBJ and the Great Society– Johnson’s Background– The Impact of the Great Society– The Intrusion of the War in Vietnam

Politics of the 1960s

• JFK and the New Frontier– Kennedy’s Background– Camelot– A Question of Character– The Record– Dallas

• LBJ and the Great Society– Johnson’s Background– The Impact of the Great Society– The Intrusion of the War in Vietnam

The New Left in the 1960s

• The Roots of Radicalism• The Origins of SDS• The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley• The Upheaval at Columbia• The Uproar at Yale• The Turbulence at Miami• The Horror at Kent State• Factionalization of the New Left• Upheaval Abroad

Come mothers and fathersThroughout the landAnd don't criticizeWhat you can't understandYour sons and your daughtersAre beyond your commandYour old road isRapidly agin'.Please get out of the new oneIf you can't lend your handFor the times they are a-changin'.

The New Left in the 1960s

• The Roots of Radicalism• The Origins of SDS• The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley• The Upheaval at Columbia• The Uproar at Yale• The Turbulence at Miami• The Horror at Kent State• Factionalization of the New Left• Upheaval Abroad

The New Left in the 1960s

• The Roots of Radicalism• The Origins of SDS• The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley• The Upheaval at Columbia• The Uproar at Yale• The Turbulence at Miami• The Horror at Kent State• Factionalization of the New Left• Upheaval Abroad

The New Left in the 1960s

• The Roots of Radicalism• The Origins of SDS• The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley• The Upheaval at Columbia• The Uproar at Yale• The Turbulence at Miami• The Horror at Kent State• Factionalization of the New Left• Upheaval Abroad

The New Left in the 1960s

• The Roots of Radicalism• The Origins of SDS• The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley• The Upheaval at Columbia• The Uproar at Yale• The Turbulence at Miami• The Horror at Kent State• Factionalization of the New Left• Upheaval Abroad

The Counterculture

• Background of the Counterculture– Roots in the Beat Movement– Connection to Political Radicalism

• Appearance of the Counterculture– Cults and Communes– Drugs– Music: Woodstock and Altamont– The Sexual Revolution

Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

The Counterculture

• Background of the Counterculture– Roots in the Beat Movement– Connection to Political Radicalism

• Appearance of the Counterculture– Cults and Communes– Drugs– Music: Woodstock and Altamont– The Sexual Revolution

Why? Whither?