Counterculture Movement by Josephine Ludington

Vietnam War Coverage

jsludingto — 2018-05-03 14:00:44 UTC

News started covering the issues of the newly started war, the differences from this to the T.V shows were drastic. The truth was shown for one of the first times on the T.V, people could see how truly barbaric war was. The images people saw created uproars of protest against the war. The television did not only comfort citizens it showed the truth as well (Hamilton).

1960s Comfort Television

jsludingto — 2018-05-03 14:02:58 UTC

The counterculture’s effect on the television industry was immense, it formatted the way information is presented and socially changed the information references from newspaper to video. After World War II had come to a close the television industry grabbed the opening they saw for Westerns and sitcoms. Dozens of T.V shows were created with outlandish problems that could be fixed in 30 minutes to satisfy the American’s want for comfort and peaceful solutions after the six-year war. Shows like Father Knows Best did amazing. An all-white family perfect in their home; with a traditional mother cooking dinners, and goofy problems from her kids fixed easily by the man of the house, but he television industry was soon to change (Hamilton).

Today's Television

jsludingto — 2018-05-03 14:07:08 UTC

The television today is set up very similar, most shows are fluff and try to take people's minds off political problems, and the other half is coverage of the truth. The television industry has changed in many ways, biased news channels are hard to get information out of clearly, but the structure of the media stays the same as it was created in the 1960's during Vietnam War.

jsludingto — 2018-05-03 14:10:26 UTC

Abbie Hoffman influenced thousands to follow his ideas, although not all hippies followed his exact thoughts, he was still immensely influential. This is an example of one of his true followers.

Ode to my Generation
By- Betty Hayes Albright

You can’t condemn my people
For the way they comb their hair –
they are your people also
and your griping is unfair.
Please don’t condemn my friends
for the way they sit and stare –
perhaps they see much more than you
had ever hoped was there.
They see a different life than you
yet they are still the same,
searching for some truth like you,
trying to find a name.
They live an age apart from you,
you have no right to claim
the world belongs to only you –
we love it just the same.

Abbie Hoffman

jsludingto — 2018-05-03 14:13:38 UTC

Abbie Hoffman wrote books about bringing down the US government, he rallied thousands to leave civilization as they knew it and to move into communes. He popularized the idea that in chaos the American civilization would fall and then the hippies would take over the power. Abbie Hoffman spoke whatever was in his mind and was an immense part of the hippie movement where people would quit their jobs, steal what they needed to survive, and join a communes. His words spread a new world like wildfire (Hoffman).

jsludingto — 2018-05-03 14:22:39 UTC

His words brought about that movement which brought forth free love which brought forth birth control rights. Although mass amounts of people do not want to physically take down the white house like Abbie Hoffman's blueprint book implies, many still want to change the government for the better. Abbie Hoffman influenced America to tell what they believe. The revolutionary time of the 1960's was when people spoke their drastically different thoughts from societies norms with no fear of repercussions.

jsludingto — 2018-05-03 14:37:05 UTC

The first image is from the 1963 March on Washington. The second image is from the 2018 March on Our Lives which fought for gun banning. The 1963 March On Washington was in response to the job discrimination and the segregation roaring through America. Both marches were in response to human rights not being shown. Although the March on Washington in 1963 was not for gun violence it was for African American rights, both had the objective of human equality. Although these two marches are not the same, the reason they were created and the voice they gave many different types of people struggling for the same objective is the same (Andone). This years march shows that the counterculture movement's influence is still in progress, students have learned that they have power to speak the truth and that human rights can be fought for and achieved. The counterculture revolution changed the world for the better.

Big Idea

jsludingto — 2018-05-03 14:41:37 UTC

People's words have always had a reaction, through history the punishments for revolt have varied but responses to ideas are always roaring. During the 1960's people spoke free for what they thought with no fear of the repercussions; the amount of metaphorical payment was not ruling anyone. For one of the first times almost everyone was saying what was on their minds. This revolution brought forth people's thoughts in a timeless way creating vast social change.

Sit- ins

jsludingto — 2018-05-03 14:45:51 UTC

During the 1960's collage students participated in sit-ins. They would sit in public establishments like restaurants and wait to be served. These collage students would wait for hours at tables while people threw food and such at them. Students today have learned from these protests that power can be found in anyone no matter how young (Comer).

Dr Martin Luther King. Jr

jsludingto — 2018-05-03 14:48:58 UTC

After the Great Migration segregation and violence did not stop. Martin Luther King. Jr spread hope through thousands of hearts with his acts against racism. He spoke at the March on Washington where he gave his famous, "I have a Dream" speech.

Leading to the Counterculture Movement

jsludingto — 2018-05-03 14:52:51 UTC

Leading up to the great counterculture movement of the 1960s, America was in recovery. World War II had just ended. Housing segregation was splitting the citizens of America apart and soon the great migration started, African Americans moved from the south to the north to escape the violence and to find jobs. Not only did the African Americans struggle with inequality, woman were commonly power deprived housewives. America was recovering, but not in the right way, the counterculture movement was close to mixing the social norms more to the way we live today.

Annotated Bibliography

jsludingto — 2018-05-04 13:03:24 UTC

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Andone, Dakin. “What You Should Know about the March for Our Lives.” CNN, Cable News Network, 23 Mar. 2018, www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/us/march-for-our-lives-explainer/index.html.

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Hamilton, Neil A. "Television and Counterculture." American History, ABC-CLIO, 2018, americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/497110. Accessed 23 Apr. 2018.

Hoffman, Abbie. Steal This Book. Penguin, 2009.

Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

“Thursday August 29, 1963.” The New York Times, The New York Times, timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/08/29/issue.html.

Abbie Hoffman

jsludingto — 2018-05-04 13:58:36 UTC

"A 
revolution in consciousness is an empty high without a revolution in the 
distribution of power. We are not interested in the greening of Amerika except for 
the grass that will cover its grave(3 Hoffman)."

Martin Luther King. Jr

jsludingto — 2018-05-04 14:01:39 UTC

In 1993 Martin Luther King, jr said.
"A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution."

Bob Dylan

jsludingto — 2018-05-04 14:04:37 UTC

"People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas (Dylan)."