Haight-Ashbury

In this paper, I want to share the history of Haight Ashbury, and its transition from a small town with nice Victorian homes, to its deterioration in the 1960’s. The importance of a farm in Woodstock, to the Cultural Revolution and how it all spread from there including the role of radio and television in spreading the news of the hippie movement and how an attempt to free culture from its moral ideals and standards only led it with no standards or moral compass, and all they were left with was thought

it to be lived without having to follow the norms of society. Peace, love, giving, and drug use were some of the their practices they are still remembered for. Although hippies were seen as a group of unclean and lazy people, the hippies from Haight-Ashbury during the

a group of unclean and lazy people, the hippies from Haight-Ashbury

which emerged in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other throughout the world. The word hippie is derived hipster, and was used to describe "beatniks" who had moved into New York City's Greenwhich Village and San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district. The name comes from “hip,” a term applied to the Beats of the 1950s, such as Allen Ginsenburgand and Jack Kerouac, who were generally considered to be the precursors of hippies. The term means “currently fashionable” or “fully up-to-date"

would flood the streets. “The hippie "scene" on Haight Street in San Francisco attracted photographers, reporters, and opportunists. The first large congregations of Hippies that was noticed by media was the ‘Summer of Love’. The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people crowded San Francisco's neighborhood Haight-Ashbury. College and high-school students found their way into Haight-Ashbury for spring break, but by the time summer came

By 1965, hippies had become an established social group in the United States, which eventually permeated worldwide through music, literature, the dramatic arts, fashion, and the visual arts. By June 1966, around 15,000 hippies moved into the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. On October 6, 1966 California declared LSD a controlled substance making it illegal. In response, San Francisco hippies gathered in the Golden Gate Park and called the protest the Love Pageant Rally, which attracted

and the use of nuclear weapons. One group within this movement was coined the “hippies”. This paper will discuss the beliefs of the hippies of Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, California and illustrate how the hippie “counterculture” transformed into an evolution of music, in the making of protest songs and the new “psychedelic” sound. It will

of the people were baby boomers who lived their lives during the assassination of President Kennedy, Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War. All these dramatic moments led people to search a place of love and belonging which they found in Ashbury and Haight. They adopted a “bohemian lifestyle” and preferred the simplicity of life were no money was needed, just love. Such gatherings included the usage of

world. Even to this day the hippie culture still remains apparent. The term ‘hippie’ originates from the word hipster; and was originally used to describe: beatniks, who had relocated into the Greenwich Village in New York City, San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district, and also to alike urban areas. The words “hip” and “hep” come from the Black culture and they signify consciousness and awareness. The philosophy around the hippie culture is the countercultural morals and ethics of the Beat Generation

The Hippie Culture Many generations have come and gone, and many have made an impact on American life. The Sixties were definitely one of those generations that left its mark in history. The people of this generation didn't follow the teachings of its elders, but rejected them for an alternative culture, which was their very own (Harris 14). This new subculture was such a radical society that it was given it's own name which is still used to this day. They came to be known as, the Hippies. The