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The Counterculture

American Hippies of the 1960's & 1970's Related Events & Organizations

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N.O.W. National Organization for Women. Started in 1966 this activist organization seeks economic equality, abortion, sexual and reproductive rights for women. They also oppose racism and violence against women.
PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Activist organization for animal rights. They have staged many actions to free animals from persecution and experimentation. Many court cases were formed against individuals and companies that abuse animals.
Rasta Rastafarian. Someone who follows the teachings of Marcus Garvey and Haille Sellassie, and worships Jah (God). Rastafarians wear their hair in dreadlocks, and smoke ganja as the sacred herb. Bob Marley was the most famous Rastafarian.
SDS Students for a Democratic Society. Organized many protests against ROTC,the draft, & the war. More radical members,the Weathermen, believed in using violence to get their message across. They were responsible for bombing banks and businesses.
Watergate The scandal that brought down Nixon. Nixon authorized the burglary of the offices of the Democratic Election Committee at the Watergate complex in Washington. A series of blunders, cover-ups and tape recordings all led to Nixon.
Yippies Group founded in 1968. The Youth International Party for pranksters & activists. They helped organize the protests at the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968, which turned into a police riot. They got arrested & it became the trial of the Chicago 7.
Woodstock Music Festival A three-day outdoor event in Bethel, NY in 1969 that marked the peak of the flower power/hippie movement.
Animal Liberation Front An organization that rescues animals (like minks) from industrialized farms where they are raised only to provide luxury garments to the rich.
Black Panthers Armed, radical black political action group. Panthers were a response to the victimization of Black people by the white majority. Its leaders were imprisoned on various charges.
Black Power Attributed to Stokely Carmichael. Used to encourage blacks to attain more political clout, this was a uniting theme among black people in the U.S. It became a rallying cry for action against the racial injustice of the 50s & 60s.
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