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The Counterculture. Counterculture. A large group of people within a culture who hold values that oppose the mainstream or norm Questioned values and attitudes held by older, middle-class Americans How did they feel about science?
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Counterculture • A large group of people within a culture who hold values that oppose the mainstream or norm • Questioned values and attitudes held by older, middle-class Americans • How did they feel about science? • Emphasized a humans spiritual side rather than their rationale side
The Story… • Located at the University of California • University demolished 2.8 acres of land near the campus to turn it into a parking lot and practice fields • But, it sat for months looking like this….
The neighborhood and “hippies” started to plant trees, flowers, and grass to convert it into a park.
When the park was complete, the “hippies” celebrated and enjoyed their time in the park
The “hippies” and neighborhood started a rally and over 6,000 marched to the fenced off park
This was found flying in the sky after the student, James Rector, was killed …
Quote from a frustrated young adult living in during the year 1969…
“The 60's was a turbulent decade. The assassination of JFK kept us fixated on the TV for days and gave us an insecurity that other decades had not felt before.
Those of us growing into our own during the 60's were also very much affected by the war in Vietnam. We would all watch the "war lotto" to see which of our friends and loved ones would go across the world to fight in a country that we had not even known had existed.
The 60s was also showing pains from the growing racial issues that faced us all. Segregation, desegregation, marches on Washington. We all needed to become equals.
Many families were separated by what has been termed the "generation gap". Parents not knowing what their children were doing and children learning not to trust anyone over 30.
There was confusion and mistrust between the "straight" and the "heads", music was going in directions that most didn't understand.
The world was spinning out of control and we were all angry about something.
