LEQ: How will the 1960s and ‘70s be changed by social movements?
Women’s Liberation Movement Feminism : Conviction that women and men should be socially, politically, and economically equal
Women’s Liberation Movement National Organization for Women (NOW) : Fought gender discrimination in the workplace, schools and the justice system
Women’s Liberation Movement Equal Rights Amendment (ERA): Promised equal treatment for men and women in all spheres, not just employment.
Women’s Liberation Movement Roe v. Wade: Supreme Court case that struck down state laws that banned abortion Argued that such laws violated a constitutional right to privacy
Latinos in the Early 1960s Few teachers were able to speak Spanish 1/3 of Mexican American families lived below the poverty line
Latinos in the Early 1960s Cesar Chavez- National Farm Workers Association; leadership inspired many to fight discrimination
Chicano Movement La Raza Unida Party (RUP) founded by Jose Angel Gutierrez Campaigned for bilingual education, improved public services and an end to job discrimination
The Rise of the Counterculture Counterculture (1960s): rebellion of teens and young adults against mainstream American society Establishment= mainstream, social norms, authority
Rising Student Activism Free Speech Movement
Life of the Counterculture Teens and young adults left school, jobs and traditional home life Rejected materialism and work ethic of older generation
Life of the Counterculture Hippie Culture: sought new experiences Religions, astrology, illegal drugs Flower Children
Life of the Counterculture Height of hippie movement in the summer of 1967 Freedoms led to problems with addiction No money, no rules = conflicts
Mainstream Reactions Saw hippies as disrespectful, uncivilized and threatening
Legacy of the Counterculture Americans became more casual in the way that they dressed and open-minded about lifestyles and social behavior
Legacy of the Counterculture Pop art Aimed to appeal to popular tastes Rated films
Legacy of the Counterculture New techniques and ideas to rock and roll The Beatles Bob Dylan Jimi Hendrix Woodstock Music and Art Fair