American Hippie movement timeline

North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin

1964

In response to this president, Jhonson ordered the military to bomb North Vietnam. As the bombings continued many Americans questioned the United States' claim that the troops were there "fighting a democratic war to liberate the South Vietnamese people from Communist aggression."

The U.S. began to show their lack of support for the war

Mar 17, 1965

Protests began to break out in opposition of the Vietnam War

Crystalline LSD synthesized

Mar 21, 1965

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LSD/comments/4oc31g/999_pure_lsd_crystals/

the criminalization of burning draft cards

Aug 31, 1965

Lyndon Jhonson, the president of the US at the time, passed a law stating that burning a draft card is punishable by a $1000 fine or up to five months in jail (image source)https://www.google.com/search?q=burning+draft+cards&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS865US865&sxsrf=ALeKk00D8RVLLC8HDWKnU_3BTCtHp_5x5Q:1603078380708&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizi7er3L_sAhVPhOAKHedQDIQQ_AUoAXoECB0QAw&biw=1440&bih=764&dpr=2#imgrc=AJxYINsGCW-L1M

The sunset strip curfew riots

1966

The Sunset Strip Curfew Riots refers to a series of incidents that took place on the sunset strip between "hippies" and cops////
VIDEO- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ialZHUFVc

43 die in Detroit riots

Jul 23, 1967

The 1967 Detroit riots begun after a bar was raided and arrested 82 African Americans. Locals who witnessed the raid were outraged thus beginning five consecutive days of riots that left 43 people dead and thousands injured.
VIDEO- News coverage from the riot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-x7uGSDZM

Youth international (yippies) party was founded

Jan 16, 1968

The Yippie party was a countercultural radical party whose followers promoted free speech and anti-war (image source)https://www.google.com/search?q=yippies+party&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS865US865&sxsrf=ALeKk01Z7FANH1_jpJTMphHcdp7vgLjuRA:1603078451643&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwirtaDN3L_sAhXxUt8KHVYqDIQQ_AUoAXoECB0QAw&biw=1440&bih=764#imgrc=y6xLGyBxf03eiM

MLK was shot

Apr 4, 1968

The hippie movement and the civil rights movement worked hand in hand to promote equality. In April of 1968 Martin Luther King, one of the most well-known faces of the movement was shot and killed in Memphis

Sir George Williams Affair

Feb 22, 1969

200 students smashed computers with axes & set computer center on fire during a sit-in protesting racism at St. George Williams College in Canada

500,000 individuals gathered in Bethel, New York for the Woodstock music festival

Aug 16, 1969

One of the most memorable festivals in history took place in New York in 1969. The festival was promoted as "3 days of peace and music". (Image link)https://www.theringer.com/2019/7/1/20651683/introducing-woodstock-99-podcast-trailer