The Era of Social Change

Latino’s Mexican American

Largest group Braceros: temporary

workers Lives in S.W. US and

California

Other Latino’s Puerto Ricans

Lived in NY City Cuban

Refugees of Cuban Revolution

Lived in Miami Central America

Escape the civil wars and chronic poverty

Latino’s Life in America

Faced discrimination and prejudice

Poverty and unemployment very high

The Farm Worker Movement Led by Cesar Chavez United Farm Workers

Organizing Committee (UFWOC) Union for farm workers Wanted higher wages

and benefits

Cultural pride “Brown Power”

movement Young Latino's refer to

themselves as “Chico’s”

Brown Berets formed by David Sanchez Community action

group

Native Americans Popular stereotypes

Lacked ability to control and govern themselves

Looked at as 1 group Poorest Americans Highest unemployment

rate High infant mortality

rate Low life expectancy

American Indian Movement Militant group Against Police brutality

Wounded Knee Seized the town Ended in shootout and

gov’t promise to reexamine policies

Native American Victories 1972 Indian Education

Act 1975 Indian Self-

determination and education Assistance Act

Regained land from broken treaties

Women Fight for Equality Feminism

Belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men

Workplace 1960 – 40% of women

worked Clerks, servants, retail

sales, nurse Women and Activism

Within civil rights movement women assigned lesser roles

Betty Friedan The Feminine Mystique

Captured the discontent women were feeling

National Organization for Women NOW

Pushed for child-care facilities

Enforcement of Civil Rights Act of 1964

Legal and Social Gains 1972 congress ban on discrimination Tax break for working parents Roe v. Wade

Women’s right to have an abortion during the first 3 month’s

Equal Rights Amendment ERA – would

guarantee equality Pro-family movement

Feared drafting of women

End of husband responsibilities

The legacy ERA defeated Expanded career opportunities Changed attitudes towards family

Counterculture A movement made up

of mostly of white, middle-class college youths who turned there backs to traditional America.

“Tune In, Turn on, Drop Out” Wanted to create a

community of peace, love and harmony

Movement marked by music, outrageous clothing, sexual freedom and drugs

San Francisco becomes the center Haight-Ashbury

In the 60s, thousands of In the 60s, thousands of teenagers became part teenagers became part of the “counterculture.” of the “counterculture.” These “hippies” rebelled These “hippies” rebelled against the traditional against the traditional American culture.American culture.

Hippies believed in Hippies believed in a world free of war a world free of war

and hate and full of and hate and full of peace and lovepeace and love

The hippie look The hippie look was long hair, was long hair, tie-dyed shirts, tie-dyed shirts, and use of drugsand use of drugslike marijuana, like marijuana, LSD and heroinLSD and heroin

Famous music groups of Famous music groups of the Hippie Movementthe Hippie Movement

The The BeatlesBeatles

Jimi Jimi HendrixHendrix

Bob Bob DylanDylan

Jim Morrison and the Jim Morrison and the DoorsDoors

Music played Music played a large part a large part

of the Hippie of the Hippie MovementMovement

Jefferson AirplaneJefferson Airplane

Summer of Love - 1967 Young people from all over the country went to

San Francisco to listen to music, take drugs, and “be”

Long haired men & women – called hippies They brought these ideas back to their homes The sensibilities of the youth did not jive with

those of their parents Birth control, premarital sex

WWooooddssttoocckkMusic festival held in upstateMusic festival held in upstateNew York in 1969 that exemplified New York in 1969 that exemplified the counterculture of the 1960sthe counterculture of the 1960s

Thirty-two of the best-known musicians Thirty-two of the best-known musicians of the day performed in front of nearly of the day performed in front of nearly half a million concert-goershalf a million concert-goers

Woodstock is Woodstock is regarded as one regarded as one of the greatest of the greatest

moments in pop moments in pop music history music history

1968: Turbulent Year

Martin Martin Luther Luther King King shot in shot in April of April of 19681968

Robert Robert F. F.

KennedKennedy shot y shot

in June in June of 1968of 1968

Tet Tet OffensiveOffensiveshowed showed U.S. was U.S. was not not winning winning the the Vietnam Vietnam WarWar

Riots Riots occurred at occurred at

the the Democratic Democratic

National National Convention Convention in August of in August of

19681968

Decline of the movement Violence and

disillusionment Drug addiction become dependent on

society

Art

The Conservative Response Believed that

counterculture abandoned rational thought in favor of self-expression

Wanted to set the nation on more conservative course.