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    coats)‚ developed from blue hued denim.[2] Originally intended for ranchers and mineworkers‚ pants got to be prominent in the 1950s among youngsters‚ particularly individuals from the greaser subculture. Pants were a typical design thing in the 1960s Hippie subculture and they kept on being mainstream in the 1970s and 1980s youth subcultures of punk rock and substantial metal. Notable brands incorporate Levi’s‚ Lee‚ and Wrangler. In the 2010s‚ pants remain a well-known form thing‚ and they come in different

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    Beat Generation and Hippie Movement Summary Beat Generation refers to a group of American post World War II writers‚ that became prominence in the 1960´s. They saw runaway capitalism as destructive to the human spirit and opposed to social equality. In addition to their disappointment with consumer culture‚ they were against the repressive generation of their parents. By the time‚ the taboos against frank discussions of sexuality were seen as unhealthy and damaging to the mind. According to

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    The Hippie Movement That Arose From Vast Political Changes Massive black rebellions‚ constant strikes‚ gigantic anti-war demonstrations‚ draft resistance‚ Cuba‚ Vietnam‚ Algeria‚ a cultural revolution of seven hundred million Chinese‚ occupations‚ red power‚ the rising of women‚ disobedience and sabotage‚ communes & marijuana: amongst this chaos‚ there was a generation of youths looking to set their own standard - to fight against the establishment‚ which was oppressing them‚ and leave their mark

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    John Lennon was revolutionary for music. He was the lead singer of the Beatles. He was also very influential in the hippie revolution. He had huge success in his career. From forming the Beatles to his death in 1980‚ he was one of the most influential musicians in history. He was born on October 8‚ 1940‚ in Liverpool England. His mother bought him his first guitar when he was 15. When he turned sixteen‚ John formed a group called the Quarry Men. They performed rhythmic prison songs of the American

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    The hippie movement began after JFK’s assassination‚ the hippies were people against the war and limitations they just wanted peace ‚Harmony and happiness. They happened to use drugs ex:LSD‚heroin‚ they had sexual orgies‚were promiscuous and had their own kind

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    each and every way. The Hippie Generation grew out of an already established non-conformist movement known as the Beat Generation‚ or Beatniks. The Beatniks were a collection of authors living in New York city best known for writing against anything conformist. Many were openly homosexual‚ something absolutely absurd at that time‚ and experimented with drugs quite often. These Beatniks then migrated to San Francisco and became vital in the upbringing of the upcoming Hippie Generation. From Henry

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    progression of music especially rock music came about in the 1960’s. Many Individuals during that time turned to music to ease the troubles going on in the world. The hippie movement was a new phenomenon that came about during this time period. Drugs and sex became very popular amongst the people who were into rock music and part of the hippie movement. People of this counterculture turned away from the norms of life and wanted a much simpler life. This counterculture allowed music to improper for the

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    The Hippie Movement So what did these crazy hippies do for us? They were Civil Rights activists‚ and their motto was peace and love. What exactly is wrong with that? Take Woodstock for example‚ when in recent times has there been a group or a half a million people in one place for three days and have no violence at all it hasn’t happened‚ all they did was smoke pot have sex and listen to rock n roll and blues music. According to Adam Huber most of the hippies are in their youth between the ages

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    generation of authority‚ as well as a period in American culture where psychedelic drugs and rock music were widely popular. The 1969 film Easy Rider is a very well known film‚ which portrayed many of the cultural aspects and characteristics of the Hippie age. The message of this film clearly is to make a statement that expressed the fact that many young college aged students resented traditional authority. The storyline of the film takes place in the late 1960’s‚ where sex‚ drugs‚ and rock and roll

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    be called the Hippies. The Hippie movement started in San Francisco‚ California and spread across the United States‚ through Canada‚ and into parts of Europe (Hippie). But it had its greatest influence in America. During the 1960 ’s a radical group called the Hippies shocked America with their alternative lifestyle and radical beliefs. Hippies came from many different places and had many different backgrounds. All Hippies were young‚ from the ages of 15 to 25 (Hippie). They left their families and

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