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"hippies" "flower children" "the counterculture" Many young people rebelled against the social conformity of the 1950s by flocking to the counterculture lifestyle in the 1960s. A decade earlier, members of the counterculture were known as beats, beatniks and the Beat Generation. In 1965 the term hippie was first used to refer to the newest members of the San Francisco counterculture. The mainstream media adopted the term in 1967. The hippies themselves preferred the label freaks. "A hippie is someone who dresses like Tarzan, has hair like Jane and smells like Cheetah." --California governor Ronald Reagan the counterculture lifestyle stressed: freedom peace love and tolerance getting back to nature *the power of the group Are You A Hippie? Take This Quiz Famous Hippie Quotes From Beats To Hippies Visit my Celebrities page to see who led the counterculture movement ======================================== ========================================	-----	creating a beautiful new world Flowers and bright colors were everywhere Children were given names like Sunshine People demonstrated against war and racism The peace symbol was designed in 1958 as the official logo of Britain's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The lines inside the circle represent the semaphore letters N (nuclear) and D (disarmament). In the 1960s the logo came to represent peace for everyone, and became one of the most recognized symbols in the world Hippy Names What Was Accomplished In The 60s ---------by Abbie Hoffman Quotes On Beauty Quotes On Love Origin Of The Peace Symbol ======================================== ======================================== don't trust anyone over 30 Everyone was encouraged to "tell it like it is" Mainstream society was the establishment....the police were pigs The generation gap* became wider The Language Of The Hip Talk Hippie Now ======================================== ========================================
love-ins "Wow! Dig all the beautiful freaks!" --San Francisco love-in participant Hippies celebrated their free lifestyle when they gathered by the thousands for love-ins and be-ins. Robert Altman Summer of Love Photos Pow-Wow Gathering Of The Tribes ======================================== ========================================		San Francisco The counterculture movement was very strong in San Francisco, especially near the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets. In 1965 this area became the center of the hippie universe when the Psychedelic Shop opened and began selling drug paraphernalia. Soon the neighborhood was home to hippies, rock bands and groups like the Diggers, who fed people in the park and opened Free Stores (where everything was free). The 1967 Summer Of Love brought thousands of young people to the city, plus lots of tourists who came just to gawk at the hippies. The original flower children resented this invasion of "plastic hippies." They held a Death Of Hip parade, closed the Psychedelic Shop and began to move away. Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic Haight-Ashbury Multimedia The Haight-Ashbury Scene Alive & Online The Digger Archives Map Of Haight-Ashbury In The 60s Haight-Ashbury Timeline In San Francisco, the Straight Theater hosted the biggest names in psychedelic rock music, in addition to dance programs and avant-garde films. At Monday Night Class (also known as the Astral Continental Congress) young people gathered weekly, smoked pot, listened to the teachings of Stephen Gaskin and talked about whatever was on their minds. The Straight Theater On The Haight Monday Night Class Stephen Gaskin On The Web Stephen Gaskin's Website ======================================== ========================================
do your own thing Hippies loved to wear clothing with ethnic designs. Wild Bohemian prints and Native-American looks were especially popular Long, straight, curly, fuzzy, snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty, oily, greasy, fleecy, shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen.... hair was allowed to go natural in the 1960s Thrift-store fashions and tie-dyed clothing were popular Girls wore long skirts, knitted shawls and granny glasses Letting your freak flag* fly! Where The Hippies Get Their Clothes Groovy Crochet (Archived Version) ======================================== ======================================== turn on, tune in, drop out By the mid 1960s, "LSD was no longer a drug but a whole climate of opinion" --source unknown LSD was first developed in 1938, and its hallucinogenic properties were discovered by accident in 1943. During the 1950s and early 1960s, the drug was legal and was readily available for clinical and experimental research. In the late 1950s, it became the drug of choice for artists, intellectuals and young people searching for a mind-altering experience. By 1971 it was estimated that five million Americans had taken it at least once. California made LSD illegal in 1966, and the rest of the country followed suit in 1968. In California, Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters drove from city to city conducting acid tests. Part freak-out, part rock concert, these events introduced many young people to the LSD experience. Participants received graduation posters and diplomas, as well as a new outlook on life. Erowid LSD Vault Erowid Cannabis Vault Drug Street Terms Zig Zag Rolling Papers LSD Facts & Myths Acid Tests ---- On the right is Boris, the mascot for Zig Zag Rolling Papers. He became an icon for all those smokers who preferred to "roll their own," and I don't mean tobacco! "LSD is like Ban deodorant. Ban takes the worry out of being close....LSD takes the worry out of being." --source unknown		everybody get together People lived together in communes* Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters* drove across America in a brightly-painted bus, drinking gallons of "electric Kool-Aid" and touching lives along the way Members of the Hog Farm* commune operated a free kitchen and provided other valuable services at the Woodstock music festival Stephen Gaskin and his followers traveled across America as the Caravan* before settling in Tennessee and forming The Farm commune Photographs By Lisa Law 1965-1971 The Farm Commune In Tennessee Merry Prankster History Project Ken Kesey: Key-Z Productions Communal Living Wavy Gravy & The Hog Farm Commune Communal Living At The Farm ======================================== ======================================== underground publications were written by the counterculture, for the counterculture... The Freak Brothers The Berkeley Barb The Village Voice The L.A. Free Press Zap Comix The East Village Other The San Francisco Oracle The Freak Brothers Factory Store The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Psychadelic 60s Literature Wannabe Hippies Reading List History Of The Village Voice The San Francisco Oracle The Berkeley Barb


"hippies" "flower children" "the counterculture" Many young people rebelled against the social conformity of the 1950s by flocking to the counterculture lifestyle in the 1960s. A decade earlier, members of the counterculture were known as beats, beatniks and the Beat Generation. In 1965 the term hippie was first used to refer to the newest members of the San Francisco counterculture. The mainstream media adopted the term in 1967. The hippies themselves preferred the label freaks. "A hippie is someone who dresses like Tarzan, has hair like Jane and smells like Cheetah." --California governor Ronald Reagan the counterculture lifestyle stressed: freedom peace love and tolerance getting back to nature *the power of the group Are You A Hippie? Take This Quiz Famous Hippie Quotes From Beats To Hippies Visit my Celebrities page to see who led the counterculture movement ======================================== ========================================	-----	creating a beautiful new world Flowers and bright colors were everywhere Children were given names like Sunshine People demonstrated against war and racism The peace symbol was designed in 1958 as the official logo of Britain's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The lines inside the circle represent the semaphore letters N (nuclear) and D (disarmament). In the 1960s the logo came to represent peace for everyone, and became one of the most recognized symbols in the world Hippy Names What Was Accomplished In The 60s ---------by Abbie Hoffman Quotes On Beauty Quotes On Love Origin Of The Peace Symbol ======================================== ======================================== don't trust anyone over 30 Everyone was encouraged to "tell it like it is" Mainstream society was the establishment....the police were pigs The generation gap* became wider The Language Of The Hip Talk Hippie Now ======================================== ========================================
love-ins "Wow! Dig all the beautiful freaks!" --San Francisco love-in participant Hippies celebrated their free lifestyle when they gathered by the thousands for love-ins and be-ins. Robert Altman Summer of Love Photos Pow-Wow Gathering Of The Tribes ======================================== ========================================		San Francisco The counterculture movement was very strong in San Francisco, especially near the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets. In 1965 this area became the center of the hippie universe when the Psychedelic Shop opened and began selling drug paraphernalia. Soon the neighborhood was home to hippies, rock bands and groups like the Diggers, who fed people in the park and opened Free Stores (where everything was free). The 1967 Summer Of Love brought thousands of young people to the city, plus lots of tourists who came just to gawk at the hippies. The original flower children resented this invasion of "plastic hippies." They held a Death Of Hip parade, closed the Psychedelic Shop and began to move away. Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic Haight-Ashbury Multimedia The Haight-Ashbury Scene Alive & Online The Digger Archives Map Of Haight-Ashbury In The 60s Haight-Ashbury Timeline In San Francisco, the Straight Theater hosted the biggest names in psychedelic rock music, in addition to dance programs and avant-garde films. At Monday Night Class (also known as the Astral Continental Congress) young people gathered weekly, smoked pot, listened to the teachings of Stephen Gaskin and talked about whatever was on their minds. The Straight Theater On The Haight Monday Night Class Stephen Gaskin On The Web Stephen Gaskin's Website ======================================== ========================================
do your own thing Hippies loved to wear clothing with ethnic designs. Wild Bohemian prints and Native-American looks were especially popular Long, straight, curly, fuzzy, snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty, oily, greasy, fleecy, shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen.... hair was allowed to go natural in the 1960s Thrift-store fashions and tie-dyed clothing were popular Girls wore long skirts, knitted shawls and granny glasses Letting your freak flag* fly! Where The Hippies Get Their Clothes Groovy Crochet (Archived Version) ======================================== ======================================== turn on, tune in, drop out By the mid 1960s, "LSD was no longer a drug but a whole climate of opinion" --source unknown LSD was first developed in 1938, and its hallucinogenic properties were discovered by accident in 1943. During the 1950s and early 1960s, the drug was legal and was readily available for clinical and experimental research. In the late 1950s, it became the drug of choice for artists, intellectuals and young people searching for a mind-altering experience. By 1971 it was estimated that five million Americans had taken it at least once. California made LSD illegal in 1966, and the rest of the country followed suit in 1968. In California, Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters drove from city to city conducting acid tests. Part freak-out, part rock concert, these events introduced many young people to the LSD experience. Participants received graduation posters and diplomas, as well as a new outlook on life. Erowid LSD Vault Erowid Cannabis Vault Drug Street Terms Zig Zag Rolling Papers LSD Facts & Myths Acid Tests ---- On the right is Boris, the mascot for Zig Zag Rolling Papers. He became an icon for all those smokers who preferred to "roll their own," and I don't mean tobacco! "LSD is like Ban deodorant. Ban takes the worry out of being close....LSD takes the worry out of being." --source unknown		everybody get together People lived together in communes* Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters* drove across America in a brightly-painted bus, drinking gallons of "electric Kool-Aid" and touching lives along the way Members of the Hog Farm* commune operated a free kitchen and provided other valuable services at the Woodstock music festival Stephen Gaskin and his followers traveled across America as the Caravan* before settling in Tennessee and forming The Farm commune Photographs By Lisa Law 1965-1971 The Farm Commune In Tennessee Merry Prankster History Project Ken Kesey: Key-Z Productions Communal Living Wavy Gravy & The Hog Farm Commune Communal Living At The Farm ======================================== ======================================== underground publications were written by the counterculture, for the counterculture... The Freak Brothers The Berkeley Barb The Village Voice The L.A. Free Press Zap Comix The East Village Other The San Francisco Oracle The Freak Brothers Factory Store The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Psychadelic 60s Literature Wannabe Hippies Reading List History Of The Village Voice The San Francisco Oracle The Berkeley Barb


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