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November 1966 – January 1967 [1] Location. West Hollywood, California, United States. Parties. LAPD. hippies. The Sunset Strip curfew riots, also known as the " hippie riots", were a series of early counterculture -era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, United States, in ...
Flower power. A demonstrator offers a flower to military police at an anti-Vietnam War protest at The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, 21 October 1967. Flower power was a slogan used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and nonviolence. [1] It is rooted in the opposition movement to the Vietnam War. [2]
History of the hippie movement. The hippie subculture (also known as the flower people) began its development as a youth movement in the United States during the early 1960s and then developed around the world. Its origins may be traced to European social movements in the 19th and early 20th century such as Bohemians, with influence from ...
The prelude to the Summer of Love was a celebration known as the Human Be-In at Golden Gate Park on January 14, 1967, [8] which was produced and organized by artist Michael Bowen. [9][10][11] It was at this event that Timothy Leary voiced his phrase, "turn on, tune in, drop out". [12] This phrase helped shape the entire hippie counterculture ...
100,000 attendees (50,000 marchers) The 1967 March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War that took place on October 21, 1967. The event began with more than 100,000 protesters at a rally near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.. Later about 50,000 people marched across the Potomac River to the Pentagon and ...
Yippies organized marijuana "smoke-ins" across North America through the 1970s and into the 1980s. The first YIP smoke-in was attended by 25,000 in Washington, D.C. on July 4, 1970. [18] [136] There was a culture clash when many of the hippie protesters strolled en masse into the nearby "Honor America Day" festivities with Billy Graham and Bob ...
A 1969 lie-in at Sheep Meadow in Central Park. Date. 1967 – 1970. Location. Central Park, New York. Methods. Concerts. Demonstrations. In the 1960s, several "be-ins" were held in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City to protest against various issues such as U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and racism.
Flower child originated as a synonym for Hippie, especially among the idealistic young people who gathered in San Francisco and the surrounding area during the Summer of Love in 1967. It was the custom of "flower children" to wear and distribute flowers or floral-themed decorations to symbolize ideals of universal belonging, peace, and love.