This literary group evolved into Beatniks, with more antimaterialism, soul searching, and sometimes violent philosophy. Being cool began with this group.

There was a trend among college students to adopt the stereotype, with men wearing goatees and berets, rolling their own cigarettes and playing bongos. Fashions for women included black leotards and wearing their hair long, straight and unadorned in a rebellion against the middle class culture of beauty salons.

Beatniks originated in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. "The Village" played a major role in popularizing folk music in the 1960's. When some of them moved to San Francisco, the term "Hipsters" was coined. This evolved into the Hippies of the 60's. While the Hippie movement spread around the world, the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco remained the center of the revolution.

Many aspects of hippie culture have been assimilated by mainstream society. These include cultural diversity, health food, music festivals, and even the cyberspace revolution.

History of the Hippie Movement         Timeline of 60's and 70's Events		San Francisco photo, 1965 Left to right: Robbie Robertson Michael McClure Bob Dylan Allen Gingsberg

Flower Power was a slogan used by hippies, Flower Children, during the late 1960's and early 1970's as a symbol of passive resistance and non-violence rooted in opposition to the Vietnam War.

It is estimated that 100,000 people gathered in San Francisco during the summer of 1967 - with little or no money. Most of the time there was nothing to do except walk around or sit on the street.
The best place to crash was "hippie hill" in Golden Gate Park. The park sprinklers made a fine shower. And then there were the drugs.
Although many well-known musicians were in the city, the few organized performances were not well publicized. Rumors of a "Happening" (most rumors were wrong) would draw hundreds of people to a particular place - disruption traffic and businesses - making local residents and police very unhappy.

	Some locals (called "Diggers") organized food donations. The hippies began to learn where they could go to get free food. The police were slower to learn these places, but when they did they would do their best to break up the activity.

 

A 60's era Oklahoma Band You Tube Video	You Tube Video

	Hippie Communes

 

Everybody on the bus!

 

	Clothing Optional

 

	Free Love

 

August 9-10, 1969 - Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, Abigail Folger, Steven Parent, and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca are murdered by the Manson Family.   The murders became known as the Tate/LaBianca murders.   The Trial of Charles Manson - 1970-71

 

February 4, 1974 - Patty Hearst is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army   The Trial of Patty Hearst - 1976 On March 20, 1976, kidnapped heiress turned "urban guerilla" Patty Hearst was convicted for her role in the Hibernia Bank robbery. She received a sentence of seven years. In her trial, which started on January 15, 1976, Hearst claimed she had been locked blindfolded in a closet and physically and sexually abused, which caused her to join the SLA, an extreme case of the "Stockholm syndrome", in which captives become sympathetic with their captors. Hearst further argued she was coerced or intimidated into her part in the bank robbery. Her sentence was eventually commuted by President Jimmy Carter, and Hearst was released from prison on February 1, 1979. Later she was pardoned by President Bill Clinton on January 20, 2001, on the final day of his presidency.

December 8, 1980 - John Lennon murdered   The shooter was Mark David Chapman