1. RADICALS OF THE SIXTIES

2. Who-Protesting Students The New Left Attitude- Society is screwed up, and The Establishment is corrupt!

3. How did they differ from Hippies? They tried to changed society, while Hippies “dropped out”. Early Tactics- Non-Violent Civil Disobedience (marches, sit-ins, boycotts)

4. Early Icons-

5. GANDHI

6. MLK, JR.

7. FOLK SINGERS

8. Early Hot Spot- Berkeley Why There? The Free Speech Movement

9. Reaction from the Mainstream- -Outrage -View them as “spoiled brats” -See them as Un-American -See them as “Hippies”

10. By the mid-Sixties- A lot of the Hippie / Drug Culture had blended with the protest scene.

12. Change in Tactics & Why- Became more confrontational and militant. Some even called for Revolution. They were frustrated, felt the old tactics weren’t working Anymore!

13. New Icons- Revolutionaries like:

14. Che Guevara

15. Mao Zedong

16. Ho Chi Minh

17. BLACK RADICALS 1- THE NATION OF ISLAM Leader- Elijah Muhammad Spokesman- Malcolm X

18. Followers-Black Muslims Promoted- Separation of the races Self-Defense Black Pride

19. Reaction- Whites and many blacks viewed them as violent racists. Malcolm X- Had a falling out with the Nation of Islam, and left it in 1964.

20. February 21, 1965- Malcolm X was killed by 3 members of the Nation of Islam in Harlem, NYC. Malcolm’s ideas- Will continue to influence Black America.

21. 2- THE NEW “SNICK” & BLACK POWER SNCC- Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee 1966- Asked all white members to leave, and started calling for

22. Black Definition- The power to control their own communities & control their own destiny. White Definition- It was an anti-white, violent message.

23. New Leaders of “Snick”-

24. Stokely Carmichael

25. H Rap Brown

26. Promote-Self-Defense They even start to call for Revolution!

27. 3- THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOUNDED- IN OAKLAND, CA IN 1966 BY HUEY NEWTON & BOBBY SEALE

29. MAIN ISSUE- POLICE BRUTALITY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. CALL ON- BLACK PEOPLE TO ARM THEMSELVES FOR SELF-DEFENSE

30. WHITE AMERICA- IS SCARED TO DEATH OF THEM WHITE RADICALS- START TO LOOK UP TO THEM, & WANT TO JOIN WITH THEM

31. RESULT OF THEIR MILITANT IMAGE- THE POLICE & FBI WILL GO AFTER THEM. THE LEADERS ARE ARRESTED, KILLED, OR FLEE THE COUNTRY.

32. MAJOR RACE RIOTS OF THE 60s- 1964- HARLEM, NYC 1965- WATTS (LA), CA 1966- CHICAGO, IL 1967- NEWARK, NJ & DETROIT, MI APRIL 4, 1968- MLK IS ASSASSINATED, RACE RIOTS BREAK OUT IN 130 CITIES.

33. WHITE RADICALS 1- SDS WHAT- STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY KEY LEADER-

34. TOM HAYDEN

35. 2- THE YOUTH INTERNATIONAL PARTY KNOWN AS-THE YIPPIES MAIN LEADERS-

36. JERRY RUBIN

37. ABBIE HOFFMAN

38. 3- THE WEATHERMEN / WEATHER UNDERGROUND WHAT-A SPLINTER GROUP OF SDS CALL FOR-VIOLENT REVOLUTION WHAT DID THEY DO? WENT INTO HIDING, AND STARTED BOMBING THE ESTABLISHMENT

40. FAMOUS ANTI-WAR PROTESTS- 1- WASHINGTON, D.C. 1967 THE YIPPIES CLAIMED THEY WERE GOING TO LEVITATE THE PENTAGON. THIS IS THE PROTEST WERE SOME DEMONSTRATORS PLACED FLOWERS IN THE SOLDIERS’ RIFLES.

42. 2- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1968 STUDENTS, LED BY SDS, TAKE OVER SEVERAL CAMPUS BUILDINGS IN PROTEST OF THE ADMINISTRATION. THE POLICE ARE SENT IN AND VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT.

45. 3- CHICAGO 1968 THOUSANDS OF POLICE & DEMONSTRATORS CLASH IN THE STREETS OUTSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. THIS VIOLENCE WILL COME TO SYMBOLIZE THE “CHAOS OF THE 60s”

47. THE MEN THAT WERE PUT ON TRIAL AFTER THE RIOT, WERE CALLED THE “CHICAGO 8/7”