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Age of Aquarius: The Hippie Movement in 1960s America

Explore the counterculture movement of peace, love, and rebellion against materialism, technology, and war led by white, middle-class college youths during the Vietnam War era. Discover the hippie culture's embrace of rock 'n' roll, freedom, and psychedelic drugs, including LSD. Delve into the famous Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in San Francisco, the decline of the movement due to lack of structure, and the conservative backlash led by Nixon and Hoover. Watch the video to experience the iconic Woodstock Music Festival of 1969.

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Age of Aquarius: The Hippie Movement in 1960s America

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  1. Chapter 23.3 Counterculture • A movement made up mostly of white, middle class college youths disillusioned by the Vietnam War. Idea of life based on peace and love • Hippies part of New Left movement, opposed: • Materialism • Technology • War

  2. Hippie Culture “Age of Aquarius” • Idea of Harvard psychology professor Timothy Leary • Rock n Roll • Jeans, tie-died t-shirts • Sexual freedom • Illegal drugs, marijuana and LSD

  3. Timothy Leary • Promoted the use of LSD as mind expanding • Even the CIA used LSD • LSD would become illegal in California in 1966

  4. Opposition to Hippies • Signs saying “Make America Beautiful – give a hippie a haircut”

  5. Height Ashbury • Located in San Francisco, seen as the capital of hippies • Turn away from traditional living arrangements • Communes • Live on streets

  6. Andy Warhol • Art – called Popular Art or Pop Art • Every day items, bright colors and simple

  7. Music • The Beatles, British band • Still popular https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzmQO3tbQ7c

  8. Woodstock Music Festival • August 1969 • Lasted 3 days • Difficult, more people showed up than expected • Limited facilities • Rain • Wavy Gravy – Commune living

  9. Decline of Movement • New life style did not have enough structure such as who would cook and pay bills • Peace and love but no money • Many hippies ended up on welfare, dependent on the society that they had rejected

  10. Hippie Attitudes • “Do your own thing” • Sexual attitudes more casual • Conservative Response • Late 1960s Nixon talked about the decline of American society • J. Edgar Hoover head of FBI warned the counterculture that they would be seen as “revolutionary terrorist”

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