The Diggers

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The Diggers

• The group sought to create a mini-society free of
  money and capitalism. They provided a free food
  service in the Golden Gate Park in
  Haight-Ashbury, generally feeding over 200 people
  who had no other source of food. They arranged
  free crashpads for homeless youth drawn to the
  Haight-Ashbury area.
• Often referred to as Hippie Do-Gooders

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Timothy Leary

• Was an American writer, psychologist and advocate
  of psychedelic drug research research.
• An icon of 1960s Counterculture, he is most
  famous as a proponent of the therapeutic,
  spiritual and emotional benefits of LSD.
• He coined and popularized the catch phrase Tune
  In, Turn On, Drop Out.
• AKA The Pope of Dope

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Drop City

• was an artists' community that formed in Colorado
  in 1965.
• Abandoned by the early 1970s, it became known as
  the first rural "hippie commune".
• Included a series of domes and geometric
  structures.
• Inspired the establishment of other intentional
  communities in Colorado.
• Hosted the Joy festival in 1967.

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Altamont

• Was an infamous rock concert held in 1969 in
  northern California. between.
• Headlined and organized by The Rolling Stones.
• A catastrophe for the counterculture.
• Woodstock West it was not.
• The concert was marred by considerable violence
  including several deaths.
• Hells Angels - Security

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The Human Be In

• Was a in San Franciscos Golden Gate Park in1967.
  
• It was a prelude to San Francisco's Summer of
  Love, which made the Haight- Ashbury district a
  symbol as the center of an counterculture and
  introduced the word psychedelic to suburbia.
• focused the key ideas of the 1960s
  counterculture personal empowerment, cultural
  and political decentralization, communal living
  and ecological awareness, higher consciousness
  (often achieved with the aid of psychedelic
  drugs), and liberal political consciousness

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Charles Manson

• Led a quasi-commune that arose in CA in the late
  1960s.
• He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the
  Tate/Labianca murders, carried out by members of
  the group at his instruction.
• He was convicted of the murders themselves
  through the joint-responsibility rule.
• Is often associated with the phrase Helter
  Skelter," a term taken from the Beatles song by
  that name.
• The confluence of rock music, hippie culture, and
  shocking violence held the nation's attention
  eventually, Manson became a pop culture icon of
  insanity, violence, and the macarbe.

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Yippies

• Was a more radically youth-oriented and hippie
  offshoot of the free speech and anti-war
  movements of the 1960s.
• It was founded in 1968. They employed theatrical
  gestures such as advancing a pig as a candidate
  for President in 1968.
• They acted as the political voice of the hippie
  movement

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Merry Pranksters

• Are noted for the sociological significance of a
  lengthy road trip they took in the summer of
  1964, traveling across the United States in a
  psychedelic painted school bus.
• Known for conducting a series of so-called acid
  tests in CA from 1965-66.
• Led by an American author named Ken Kesey.
• The group, along with Leary were the most
  significant promoters of psychedelic drugs.

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Woodstock

• A three day music festival held in upstate NY
  near the small town of Bethel.
• Attended by approx 400,000 concert goers who saw
  32 acts perform including Jimi Hendrix and The
  Who.
• Organized by Lang, Rosenman, Kornfeld, and
  Roberts
• It is widely regarded as one of the greatest and
  most pivotal moments in popular music history
• The festival was remarkably peaceful given the
  number of people and the conditions involved.

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Summer of Love

• A social phenomenon that occurred during summer
  of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged
  on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San
  Francisco
• Resulted in cultural and political rebellion.
• The Summer of Love became a defining moment of
  the 1960s, as the hippie counterculture movement
  came into public awareness.

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The Farm

• A commune in TN, based on principles of
  nonviolence and respect for the Earth.
• Was founded by San Francisco hippies.
• From its founding through the 1970s, Farm members
  took vows of poverty.
• During that time, Farm members did not use
  artificial birth control, alcohol, tobacco,
  man-made psychotropics, or animal products.

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Haight-Ashbury

• Is famous for its role as a center of the 1960s
  hippie movement.
• The 60s era and modern American counterculture
  have been synonymous with San Francisco and the
  Haight-Ashbury neighborhood ever since.
• Was the focal point for the Summer of Love
• A district in San Francisco, named for the
  intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets.
  Commonly called the Haight.

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Death of Hippie

• Hippies stage a mock funeral to signal the end of
  San Francisco's overhyped, overattended hippie
  scene.
• The message was, "Stay where you are! Bring the
  revolution to where you live."
• Occurred in October of 1967
• Was symbolic that the hippie movement was
  experiencing change.
• Carried out by the Diggers in part due to the
  incessant media coverage experienced in the
  Haight.

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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

• A counterculture phrase coined by Timothy Leary
  in the 1960s.
• Something snappy" to promote the benefits of
  LSD.
• This phrase urged people to embrace cultural
  changes through the use of psychedelics and by
  detaching themselves from the existing
  conventions and hierarchies in society.

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Exorcism of the Pentagon

• Antiwar protest conducted at the Pentagon in
  October of 1967.
• The protest involved some violent moments.
• Yippie organizer, Abbie Hoffman held a mass
  exorcism of the Pentagon.
• The group hoped to levitate the Pentagon 300 ft
  off the ground, turn it orange and shake out any
  evil spirits.

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Legacy of the Movement

• Public political demonstrations are considered
  legitimate.
• Frankness with respect to sexual matters
• Promotion of the womens rights movement
• Promotion of gay and lesbian rights
• Explosion of the natural foods industry
• Emergence of holistic medical care
• The acceptance of religious and cultural
  diversity
• Significant changes in fashion
• Development of different genres of music