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Submitted by brino on May 2, 2006
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The Sixties were a time of great turmoil in America. The assassinations of the Kennedy brothers, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, drugs, sex, and rock and roll mixed together to give it a lasting impression on America, and the world. Throughout all of this, the counterculture emerged. This group of youth shared many common feelings. They question America's materialism and political norms. The youth knew that the government was putting their generations life on the line overseas for a cause that they didn't think was just. Making their voice heard was the goal, and they did in mass numbers.
Growing up in post WW11society, was like that of growing up under a blanket. The blanket was the parents and suburbia sheltering the baby boomers. These parents were the ones fighting the war, seeing first hand the atrocities of it. They wanted to settle down and move out of the city to suburban areas where it was much calmer. Everything from the news to talk at the dinner table was sugar coated. However, this lifestyle was just setting the youth up for a rebellion. So much conformity and falsehood led many of the baby boomers to find out for themselves what lied beyond suburban rows of houses.
Many of these sheltered kids were exposed to varying lifestyles on college campuses. The youth of the time were not just rebels trying to cause trouble. "It is estimated that three-quarters of them came from middle to upper class homes (Musgrove, F, Ecstasy and Holiness.1974)." Colleges around the nation were hotbeds for differing opinions and many kids picked up on views of the counterculture. What really separated youth and the rest of society was the Vietnam War. Questioning the government was becoming more and more common. They demanded answers and wanted to know why piece talks failed. When the draft was initiated, many protest ensued across the nation. The youth did not want to go fight a war that they were forced to and did not agree with. Musicians reflected...
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