1. The 1960’s Youth Movement and Pop Culture

2. The Youth Movement
Generation gap—difference in years, culture, attitudes, and beliefs between generations
1964—baby boom generation entered college
Many protests took place on college campuses—protesting wars, right to free speech, civil rights
Young people rejected materialism and their parents work ethic

3. Hippies
Young people left their jobs, school, and traditional home life
Studied eastern religions and astrology
Wore casual and colorful clothes, jeans, dashikis
Public displays of nudity
Wore their hair longer, long beards, afros
Sometimes called flower children
Lived together in communes—shared houses and grew their own food
Height of the hippie movement—1967 “The Summer of Love”
100,000 people gathered
in San Francisco—practiced
“free love”

4. Problems Associated with the Hippie Movement
LSD (acid)—mind altering drug promoted by Timothy Leary
Leary tested LSD on his Harvard students—he was fired and encouraged young Americans to drop out of school, quit their jobs, and follow him
Drug addiction increased
Sexually transmitted diseases increased
Homelessness increased

5. The Arts Pop Art—artists took their inspiration from popular culture
Andy Warhol—led the pop art movement—used a process called silk screen—his art was mass produced
New rating system for movies—from G to X—popularity of adult movies grew
To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sound of Music, Planet of the Apes, Psycho, Night of the Living Dead

6. Music of the 1960’s: Rock
The British Invasion—introduction of British music to an American audience
The Beatles—very popular with American teenagers after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan show
Other artists—The Rolling Stones, The Who
Folk Music—acoustic music with a political message—Bob Dylan
Electric guitar—introduced new loud and innovative sounds to audiences
Jimi Hendrix was the master of the electric guitar in the 1960’s

7. Music of the 1960’s: Soul
Motown Records—record company in Detroit founded by Berry Gordy Jr.—popularized African-American artists
Styles of music made popular by Motown—rhythm and blues and soul
James Brown— “Godfather of Soul”—known for his energetic live shows
Aretha Franklin– “Queen of Soul”—several #1 albums—Rolling Stone magazine called her the #1 greatest singer of all time

8. Woodstock (August 15-17, 1969)
Woodstock Music and Art Fair—3 day festival in upstate New York
400,000 people attended—people parked as far as 20 miles away
People paid $18 for a 3-day pass, on Sat. the gates were opened for people without tickets
Non-stop music: Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, The Who, Janis Joplin, Santana

9. Woodstock: Problems Rain and mud Food and medical supply shortages
Widespread drug use—bad acid trips
Traffic jams
Crowd control
No place to go—to sleep, bathe, eat
The Rolling Stones held a similar festival 4 months later in Altamont, California
Hell’s Angels were hired as security and killed an African-American man in plain view near the stage