1960s Dbq Civil Rights Movement

During the 1960s, even though America was caught up in its current prosperity, a different cultural movement was making itself known. Through music, drugs, and the Civil Rights Movement, a group of people known as hippies, impacted society by challenging the status quo.
With the music genre of rock emerging, music was used to voice expressions and feelings. For example, in the song “A Day In The Life” by the Beatles, a verse says “The English Army had just won the war, A crowd of people turned away” (Document D) which expresses Lennon’s feelings about war. Because lots of people hated the threat of war, this verse explains that hatred by saying if America were to go and win the war, no one would care because it was something they didn’t think was the right choice. Something that was seen as a right choice is illustrated in a poster by Diane Newell Meyer titled “Make Love Not War” (Document C). The poster which has a peace sign in the middle of it pushes the decision to make peace in a nonviolent manner instead of going to war that would have …show more content…
Tyler Leary, a Harvard professor, encouraged people to try LSD with his famous line: “Turn on, tune in, drop out”. A large portion of the art movements, fashion, and music was created by artists who were inspired while under the influence. The song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” by The Rolling Stones was seen as the poster child for the counterculture. There were also rumors that “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” stands for LSD. With lyrics like “Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain, where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies” (Document G), it is hard to believe verses like that did not come from the imagination of a person that was on LSD. The use of drugs helped hippies get away from the margins of their minds and the society they were surrounded