Hippie

be more equal. The counterculture of the late 1960s was a great youth movement for the society. Everything changed from clothing styles to the music of the hippie culture. And the use of drugs like Marijuana, LSD, and Cocaine becoming more continuously, youth could get drugs easier. San Francisco was the perfect place to go to live this “hippie” lifestyle. Music on the 1960s was…

beliefs and ways of thinking sparked a rising interest in the Civil Rights Movement. The exploration into counter-culture during the Hippie Movement greatly influenced civil rights issues by opposing the war in the Vietnam, promoting the message of equality against racial and gender discrimination, and encouraging nonviolent resistance in challenging authorities. The Hippie Cultural Movement occurred throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The movement was sparked by the growing counter-culture, which…

The hippie movement originally began in California and was mostly comprised of young, white middle-class youths between the ages of 15 to 25. Post-war baby boom generations made up for most of the population of the subculture which resulted in fresh, new beliefs in society. Counterculture, or the well-known hippie movement, was a new form of subculture that counteracted the mainstream American culture that began…

Jasmine Craft Moore 3 English II 12 October 2015 1960s career At the beginning of the 1960s, many people believed they were standing at the brink of a golden age. But, by the end of the 1960s it seemed the nation was falling apart and the golden age many people dreamed of was nowhere in sight. President Kennedy had been elected president in 1961, but he did not live to see the end of his presidency because he was assassinated in…

Most importantly, in October of 1965 the draft increased to 33,000 members, thats almost eleven times more that it had been in February of 1965(History Learning 1). In addition, in May of 1965 the Hippies began showing their hatred toward the draft for the Vietnam War, by doing draft-card burnings publicly and by 1965 Congress ruled that the First Amendment did not grant people to right to do this (X Timeline 1). It is to my believe that many Hippies used the First Amendment as a simple excuse…

handcrafted their clothes and accessories and personal items were often decorated with beads and fringes. Bare feet or leather sandals were a typical hippie fashion style. The hippie movement also influenced other clothing styles. Denim jeans, which had remained a primary clothing item for many young people throughout the decade, were inspired by hippie fashion. New styles of denim jeans emerged, such as the bell-bottomed, tie-dyed, marbled, and painted…

hard” according to Reimer, instead of on the freer cultures of earlier decades. Preppies also had “a focus on social achievement, uniformity of style, propriety, proper decorum and class distinction” (Hogan), another distinct change from the liberal Hippie counterculture, and took joy in the “culture of exclusivity” (Hogan) perpetuated by the expensive clothes and accessories they chose, which was aided by “the rampant consumerism of the 1980s” (“The 1980s”), since people had greater access to…

fruition in New York city. The term ‘Punk’, initially used as an insult, was used to put a name to unskilled and loud garage bands of the sixties. The loud and anti-conformist music was a direct reaction to the peaceful and kind natured hippie movement. While the hippie movement was centered around peace and nonviolence, the punk scene was politically charged and often about anarchy. In 1977, an NBC news report states, “This is Punk Rock and its purpose is to promote violence, sex, and…

In Easy Rider, the American flag appears greatly. This was a very patriotic symbol throughout the movie. The American flag often stands for freedom to many people, and I believe that is what Wyatt and Billy were searching for along their trip. Wyatt and Billy were the heroes throughout this movie. They were living the “American Dream.” They were different and were not conforming to the other Americans views. They were on a search for freedom. Most Americans during this time were not accepting…

The idea that Native American cultures were being commercialized brought a New Age of the American outlook on the Natives that had existed for hundreds of years. Into the 1960’s and onward, a form of “hippie counter-culture” arose among the youths of those decades; it brought out a sense of rebellion and need to go against societal norms for the sake of having a cultural borrowing and imitation of the Native American people. Such desires to be a part…