1960’s A Time of Change
Baby Boom 50% of Citizens Between 15 and 24 1964 = First Wave Enter College Generation Gap = More Young People Rejecting Parents’ Values and Beliefs 1950’s Values Still Portrayed
Student Protests Students For a Demographic Society Against Racial Discrimination, Strict College Rules, Growing Military Prescience in Vietnam Older Generations = Lack of Respect for Authority Seek to Improve Society
The Rise of the “Hippie” Reject Materialism Often Drop Out of College Individual Freedom Group Sharing Nonviolence Tie-Dye Clothes, Long Loose Hair Reject Society
Art Influence Colorful, Vibrant, Do Not Follow Traditional Rules Andy Warhol The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones (Rock and Roll) Motown Records, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder (Motown) Bob Dylan (Folk Music) Woodstock Festival (Woodstock, NY)
Andy Warhol
Bob Dylan