Questioning Authority
Anti-War Movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 1962 Participatory Democracy Draft protests Kent State, 1970
Counterculture of 1960s Hippies Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll LSD and Timothy Leary Summer of Love, Haight-Ashbury, 1967 Sexual Revolution Woodstock, NY, 1969 New Age Spirituality
Women’s Liberation Betty Friedan and the Feminine Mystique, 1963 National Organization for Women (NOW), 1966 Equality in the Public sphere v. the Private Gloria Steinem Miss America, 1968 Roe v. Wade, 1973
The Problem That Has No Name “The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women. It was a strange stirring…Each suburban wife struggled with [it] alone…- she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-Is this all?” - Betty Freidan
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Proposed amendment to constitution that prohibits sex discrimination March, 1972 passed Congress Ratified by 35 states Opposition from labor and other women Phyllis Shlafy
Chicano Movement Cesar Chavez & the United Farm Workers Reies Tijerina Student walkouts Chicano studies, 1968 “Corky” Gonzales, I am Joaquin Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) Brown Berets
Chicano Movement My fathers have lost the economic battle and won the struggle of cultural survival. And now! I must choose between the paradox of victory of the spirit, despite physical hunger, or to exist in the grasp of American social neurosis, sterilization of the soul and a full stomach. Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales Excerpt from “I am Joaquin”
American Indian Movement Established 1968, Minneapolis Assertion of tribal and land rights Occupation of Alcatraz, 1969 Occupation of buildings at Wounded Knee, 1973 “Red Power”
Gay Liberation Movement Demanded tolerance and respect Stonewall riot in New York City, 1969 Activists emphasized the importance of “coming out”
Conservative Backlash Why did conservatives respond negatively to the 1960s counterculture movements? FBI, CIA, and military intelligence used to infiltrate counterculture organizations COINTELPRO (FBI Counterintelligence Program) “Enemies list” ranged from liberals in Hollywood to university presidents
Questioning Authority Key Terms: SDS, Haight-Ashbury, The Feminine Mystique, NOW, Gloria Steinam, United Farm Workers, “Corky” Gonzales, American Indian Movement, Stonewall Riot, COINTELPRO