The Cultural Upheaval of the 1960’s “ Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas? ”Joseph Stalin”Joseph Stalin

The Counter Culture New cultural divide began in the 60’s as more educated American’s became secular and less educated became more religious

The 3 P’s of the 60’s 1. Youthful population bulge 2. Protest against racism & Vietnam War 3. Permanence of prosperity

1960’s Sexual Revolution Gay Rights Anti War (hawks vs. doves) Anti Racism

Equal Rights for Latinos The Farm Worker Movement * United Farm Workers Organizing Committee Grape boycott in California “Brown Power” & Brown Berets 1968 walk out in Los Angeles 5

Equal Rights for Native Americans Poorest health in America Eisenhower’s “termination policy” 1968 President Johnson established the National Council on Indian Opportunity American Indian Movement * “Trail of Broken Treaties” * Sioux incident 6

Women Fight for Equality The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan Feminism- belief that women should have economic, political and social equality. National Organization for Women (NOW) * childcare in the workplace * gender discrinimation * Roe v. Wade 8

Age of Aquarius Conventional wisdom & ideas were under attack by the counterculture movement Grew from white middle class youth “tune in, tune on, drop out” San Francisco area was known as the “hippie capital”

The New Counterculture Kent State Massacre Kent State Massacre1970 National Guardsmen opened fire on student protestors in Ohio, killing four National Guardsmen opened fire on student protestors in Ohio, killing four

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The Times They Are A Changin’ Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth saving' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'. Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again And don't speak too soon For the wheel's still in spin And there's no tellin' who That it's namin'. For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'. Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside And it is ragin'. It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'. Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don't criticize What you can't understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is Rapidly agin'. Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin'. The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin'. And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'

Decline of the Counterculture By the 1970’s the movement had ended Main flower children fell victim to drugs and mental breakdowns. Young people in the 70’s became more concerned with finding a job “revolutionary terrorism” Caused the political spectrum to change from liberal to conservative

One Pager Do you believe the counter culture of the sixties was constructive or destructive to the American way of life? Give Examples from videos, songs etc.