1960's POP CULTURE  
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The Summer of Love

In the 1960s, San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district was a national symbol of 
the counterculture. The music, the clothes, the drugs, and the lifestyle thrilled a 
generation of American youth and outraged their parents. The various youth 
movements came together in one particular event, the Human Be-In in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, in January of 1967. Allen Cohen, co-founder and one of the editors of the S.F. Oracle, was one of the organizers of this event, billed as The Gathering of the Tribes, in a "union of love and activism."

The "Summer of Love" took place over thirty years 
ago -- but its message remains relevant today

"We are here to make a better world.

No amount of rationalization or blaming can preempt the moment of choice each of us brings to our situation here on this planet. The lesson of the 60's is that people who cared enough to do right could change history.

We didn't end racism but we ended legal segregation.

We ended the idea that you could send half-a-million soldiers around the world to fight a war that people do not support.

We ended the idea that women are second-class citizens.

We made the environment an issue that couldn't be avoided.

The big battles that we won cannot be reversed. We were young, self-righteous, reckless, hypocritical, brave,silly, headstrong and scared half to death.

And we were right."    Abbie Hoffman

The original Council for the Summer of Love was created in 1967 by 
The Family Dog, The Straight Theatre, The Diggers, 
The San Francisco Oracle  and about twenty-five individuals. 

The info on this page was sent to me, original author unknown

 


Links to Popular Culture of The Sixties

Beat Books
London store selling rare and used books, magazines and ephemera from the Beat Generation, 
the sixties counter culture, and the avant-gardes, online.
Twiggy
Dedicated to the sixties model and actress, this well designed site features a bio, 
filmography, photo gallery, and info on her recordings
British Pop Culture in the 1960s
PLANET X MAGAZINE
planet x, monster movies,pop culture,Bob Wilkins,Diver Dan,toys,comics, Sea Monkeys, 
Johnny Legend, Ed Wood, Godzilla

The Flashback Page
 Rockument
 Old Hip's Groovy Hippie Links
Who's Who of the Haight-Ashbury Era
 The Black Panther Party
 The Haight-Ashbury 30 Years Ago: A Timeline
Who's Who of the Haight-Ashbury Era
 The Black Panther Party
 The Haight-Ashbury 30 Years Ago: A Timeline
The Path of the Women's Rights Movement
A Timeline of the Women's Rights Movement
Timeline of Women in Baseball History
Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline Page
Black History Timeline: Pre-1950
The Kennedy Assassination
Significant Events in the Life of Andrew Young and the Civil Rights Movement
The Sixties Project and Vietnam Generation
The Free Speech Movement Archives
 The Wild Bohemian Home Page
 Historical Hippy Happenings
 Leary Timeline
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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