Smithsonian magazine recently published as its cover article “1968, the year that shattered America.” Got him thinking about his own 1968 and how it changed everything. He was 27 then, and close to ...

Woman and child in Drop City near Trinidad. History Colorado, the state's historical society, is looking back at 1968, a year that was pivotal for the country and Colorado. Robert Kennedy and Martin ...

In the late 1960s, long-haired, beaded and tie-dyed flower children brought their drugs, incense, guitars and peace symbols to South Florida. Hippies had finally reached Miami. Coconut Grove, known ...

Currently on view at the Oakland Museum of California is The 1968 Exhibit, which focuses on the culture of that unforgettable year. Organized by the Minnesota History Center, the Atlanta History ...

“Hippie harassment suit in court again,” stated The Aspen Times on May 8, 1969. “Aspen’s well-publicized 1968 hippie harassment suit against the City of Aspen and its police broke into the news again ...

This documentary about the Hippie movement was originally shown in three segments on NBC television's "Huntley-Brinkley Report." It follows several teen-age boys from a glue-sniffing party in their ...

Access these resources as a member - it's free! Portrait Gallery historian James Barber explains images that reflect the culture/counterculture of 1968 including hippies, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin ...

“Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969, ended at the exact moment when word of the murders on Cielo Drive traveled like brushfire through the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X After a yearlong sting, Susquehanna County authorities and state troopers raided two farmhouses 50 ...

Some California evangelicals are breaching barriers to hippies and other urban “unreachables.” Most of the dropouts have church backgrounds, many of them evangelical. An increasing number are ...