The 1960s: A Decade of Protest

I. Why the 1960s?

A. The Impact of the Civil Rights & Anti- Vietnam War Movements

B. An Age of Inspiring Leaders (and Assassinations)

C. Baby Boomers Enter Their Teens and 20s

Birthrate Chart

D. New Drugs: The Pill and LSD

II. 4 Protest Movements of the 1960sA. The Women’s Movement

• Fighting for Equality at Work and School

% of Women Who Work Outside the

Home

% of Married Women Who Work Outside the Home

% of All Workers Who Are Women

1900 20.0 3.9 18.11920 22.7 7.3 20.41940 27.9 14.7 25.21960 37.7 31.9 33.41980 51.5 49.9 42.62000 59.4 61.1 46.3

-- Fighting for Divorce and Abortion Rights

-- Challenging Attitudes & Gender Stereotypes

B. Hippies and the Counter-Culture

• Creating a New Culture: From Politics, War and Suburbs to Peace, Love & Sex

• The Decline – and Lingering Effects – of the Hippies

C. The Gay Rights Movement• Context: Decades of Discrimination• Rioting at Stonewall Sparks Gay Pride

-- The Life and Death of Harvey Milk

D. The Latino Movement

• A Growing Population: The Immigration Act of 1965

•Cesar Chavez Fights for Farm Workers