And Women’s Liberation! The Era of Protest And Women’s Liberation!
ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT… MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR!
Sit-ins, marches, rallies! @ * ! # ^ $
Kent State Shooting, 1970 The May 4 massacre or Kent State massacre, Four students were killed and nine others wounded by the Ohio National Guard. Protesting the American invasion of Cambodia. There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, high schools, and even middle schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of eight million students, and the event further divided the country.
DOWN WITH THE “ESTABLISHMENT”!
Teen culture didn’t trust anyone over the age of 30
Hippies and counter-culture
THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION!
“The Pill” is introduced in 1960
Gay rights… homosexuality is legalized in England (1967)
WOMEN’S RIGHTS!
The demand for equal pay!
CIVIL RIGHTS!
Started as a non-violent movement with leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr.
And led by more radical leaders like Malcolm X
It evolved into the “Black Power” movement with radical groups like the “Black Panthers”
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST
“Silent Spring”
There was a growing awareness of environmental pollution…
And the use of pesticides in agriculture
MUSIC OF PROTEST!
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Doors
Bob Dylan