POLITICS AND PROTEST NCHE - TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY Dekalb, Georgia Allan M. Winkler March 5, 2013
Snapshots of the Sixties
Questions to Consider What Were the Roots of Political Activism? Why Did Camelot Crash? What Were the Roots of the Counterculture? What Was the Connection between the Counterculture and the New Left?
An Era of Upheaval An Overview of the 1960s –Confidence at the Start of the Decade –Political Stability and Democratic Reform –Disruption of all Fronts Political Upheaval and the New Left The Impact of the Counterculture Connections between Political Protest and Social Change
Politics of the 1960s JFK and the New Frontier –Kennedy’s Background –Camelot –A Question of Character –The Record –Dallas LBJ and the Great Society –Johnson’s Background –The Impact of the Great Society –The Intrusion of the War in Vietnam
Politics of the 1960s JFK and the New Frontier –Kennedy’s Background –Camelot –A Question of Character –The Record –Dallas LBJ and the Great Society –Johnson’s Background –The Impact of the Great Society –The Intrusion of the War in Vietnam
Politics of the 1960s JFK and the New Frontier –Kennedy’s Background –Camelot –A Question of Character –The Record –Dallas LBJ and the Great Society –Johnson’s Background –The Impact of the Great Society –The Intrusion of the War in Vietnam
The New Left in the 1960s The Roots of Radicalism The Origins of SDS The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley The Upheaval at Columbia The Uproar at Yale The Turbulence at Miami The Horror at Kent State Factionalization of the New Left Upheaval Abroad
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 New Left in the 1960s The Roots of Radicalism The Origins of SDS The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley The Upheaval at Columbia The Uproar at Yale The Turbulence at Miami The Horror at Kent State Factionalization of the New Left Upheaval Abroad
The New Left in the 1960s The Roots of Radicalism The Origins of SDS The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley The Upheaval at Columbia The Uproar at Yale The Turbulence at Miami The Horror at Kent State Factionalization of the New Left Upheaval Abroad
The New Left in the 1960s The Roots of Radicalism The Origins of SDS The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley The Upheaval at Columbia The Uproar at Yale The Turbulence at Miami The Horror at Kent State Factionalization of the New Left Upheaval Abroad
The New Left in the 1960s The Roots of Radicalism The Origins of SDS The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley The Upheaval at Columbia The Uproar at Yale The Turbulence at Miami The Horror at Kent State Factionalization of the New Left Upheaval Abroad
The Counterculture Background of the Counterculture –Roots in the Beat Movement –Connection to Political Radicalism Appearance of the Counterculture –Cults and Communes –Drugs –Music: Woodstock and Altamont –The Sexual Revolution
Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach, Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow. Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, Let me forget about today until tomorrow. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
The Counterculture Background of the Counterculture –Roots in the Beat Movement –Connection to Political Radicalism Appearance of the Counterculture –Cults and Communes –Drugs –Music: Woodstock and Altamont –The Sexual Revolution
Why? Whither?