Revolution in the 60’s

Sex, Drugs, and Violence

The Counterculture

• Reaction to social norms of the 40’s and 50’s

• Classes separated along age, race, gender lines

• Mostly college age• Or simply drop outs• Hedonistic ways

Revolution on Campus

• Main protest was Vietnam War• Free Speech movement formed in

Berkeley 1964• Sit-ins and takeovers common• 1965 – Nationwide draft protest• 1968 – 200 major demonstrations,

over 40,000 students

Students for Democratic Society

• Founded 1960 at University of Michigan

• Coined term “New Left”• Critical of lack of individual

freedoms & bureaucracy• Called for participatory democracy

The Weathermen

• Splinter group of SDS• Founded by Bill Ayers• Formed collectives• Trained in weapons• Planned attacks on wealthy &

powerful• Alighned selves with Black

Panthers

The Weathermen

• March 6, 1970 – 3 members killed in explosion

• Group went into hiding• Renamed Weather Underground• Disbanded by 1976

Hippies

• Mostly middle class whites• Usually wore jeans, tie-dyed shirts,

sandals, beards, and long hair

• Encouraged sexual promiscuity & drug use

• Mainly Urban• Haight-Ashbury & East Village

The Women’s Revolution

• Caused by• Increase in birth control• Legalization of abortions• Encouraged sexual freedom• The Feminine Mystique

• Lasted until AIDS crisis of 80’s

The Women’s Revolution

• No longer limited to traditional roles

• Enrollment of women in college skyrocketed

• National Organization for Women (NOW) 1966

The Civil Rights Revolution

• April 1960 – SNCC formed• May 1961 – Freedom Riders• Aug 28. 1963 – “I Have a Dream”• Civil Rights Act of 1964• Feb. 21, 1965 – Malcolm X shot• 1966 – Black Panthers founded• April 19, 1967 – Black Power• April 4, 1968 – MLK shot

Conclusion

• 60’s were a turbulent time• Youth was leading cause for

change and unrest• Still had a lasting impact to this

day

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