 Port Huron Statement (1962) ◦ Young intellectual students form the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) ◦ Form an agenda for social reform  Students rights  Economic justice  Anti-nuclear war ◦ Formed the “new left”

 Free Speech Movement (1964) ◦ Began at UC Berkeley ◦ Mario Savio  Protested university policies ◦ Spread to other universities

 Radicalization of American Students led to the challenge of establishment norms and laws ◦ Youth Culture  Openly scorned middle class values  Wore long hair and unconventional clothing  Increase in public use of hallucinogenic drugs ◦ Hippies  Timothy Leary “Tune in, Turn on, Drop out”  Communes began to form in opposition to the materialistic consumer driving culture  Outsiders of society such as James Dean, Allen Ginsberg, and MLK were embraced

 Rock and Folk Music reflected the views of the counter-culture ◦ The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Doors expressed a mystical approach that embraced drugs and eastern religions ◦ Folk Singers such as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan expressed elicit radicalism and challenged traditional values and mores ◦ Music became the vehicle through which society could be changed ◦ Peace and love were the virtues that could transform society

 Woodstock Music and Arts Festival (1969) ◦ Symbolized the counterculture and became the apex of the movement ◦ More than 400,000 people attended ◦ 3 days of Music in Bethel, New York  Altamont (1969) ◦ Free Concert in San Francisco by the Rolling Stones ◦ Considered the West Coast Woodstock ◦ Hell’s Angels were the security guards ◦ Young man was stabbed to death ◦ Made people re-think the peace and love of the counterculture movement