Chapter 32 – The Crisis of Authority

The Youth Culture

The New Left

½ of the American population was under the age of 30 by 1970.

Why do you think “newer” ideas come from the younger generation?

A large, diverse group of men and women who wished to challenge the political

system

Sources of the New Left

Children of the

“Old Left”

Writings of 1950s social

critics

Civil Rights Movement

Protest!!!

The Counterculture

1950s 1960s “Hippies”

Characteristics of “Hippies”?

Evolution of Rock ‘n’ Roll

1964 “Beetlemania”

The Beatles – Ed Sullivan Show 1964

1969 Woodstock

Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Mobilization of

Minorities

Native Americans1953: federal policy regarding Native American changed to “termination” (forced assimilation)

Indian Civil Rights Movement

Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968

Some militant groups, like the American Indian Movement (AIM) felt the new law did not go far

enough held occupying movements

MORE IMPORTANT THAN THESE MILITANT MOVEMENTS:

United States v. Wheeler (1978)

Latino ActivismThe Hispanic population was rapidly increasing in the U.S. Los Angeles

Cesar Chavez fought for Latinos rights

ISSUE OF BILINGUALISM

Liberation of the Gay Community

Gay

Liberation

Movement

“Stonewall Riot”

Gays in the Military

Same-Sex Marriages