America during the 1960’s was a time a change, it was a time of new ideals in an ever growing country, in an attempt to leave behind the remnants of a republican's dream society of 9 to 5’s, in a suburban wonderland with the wife and kids. to be replaced with a society that emphasis …show more content…
The Panthers practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs. there were also people with more peace approaches to equality like martin Luther king jr.Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a Baptist minister and social activist who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s. Candaele, Kerry. "The Sixties and Protest Music." The Sixties and Protest Music. THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY RESERVED, © 2009–2015. Web. 02 Oct. 2015. AHMAD, EQQBAL. "How to Tell When the Rebels Have Won." N.p., Apr.-May 2015. Web. 10 Nov. …show more content…
like the black panthers for example. SDS was founded in Chicago in 1962 and was active throughout the sixties on college campuses across the land. In the mid-sixties, they were active mainly in civil rights cases, but later they became more concerned with ending the United States' involvement in Vietnam.There was the Youth International Party (the Yippies), was the brainchild of sixties activists Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. They staged guerrilla street theater designed mainly to attract media attention to their causes. this is a few of the groups at the time. Candaele, Kerry. "The Sixties and Protest Music." The Sixties and Protest Music. THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY RESERVED, © 2009–2015. Web. 02 Oct. 2015.
Throughout the 60’s there were many musicians who sculpted and innovative music to change completely, into a new free flowing brand of rock no one had heard before. some of the top dog innovators of the time