lecture 22403

Lecture Overheads, 2/24/03:

Being Young and Involved in the 1960s

Youth culture becomes counterculture:
1. Baby boom
2. Mass media
3. Economic boom
4. Growth of universities
5. Peace movement
6. Dr. Spock
7. Vietnam War
8. Democratic Party
9. Civil rights
10.La Movimiento

1943 Zoot Suit riots in Los Angeles

Cesar Chavez

Student Groups in La Movimiento:
Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO)
United Mexican American Students (UMAS)
MECHA: the Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan
Brown Berets (inspired by Black Panther Party)

1968: high school student protests in LA
1969: first Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in Denver

Independent newspapers of La Movimiento: La Raza, Aztlan

1960s youth-oriented media: similarities/differences - youth culture of the 1920s and 1950s

How was youth culture portrayed in mainstream media?

Student press:
1. sex, drugs, rock & roll
2. hastened end of Vietnam war

Black Panther Party

Legacies of The Black Panther: Awareness of
1. relations between white police and black communities
2. health issues among blacks
3. reparations for slavery
4. economic oppression
5. black manhood
6. black political awareness

1960s and Vietnam Protests: How were the media involved?


		last updated: 2/24/03 Lecture Overheads, 2/24/03: Being Young and Involved in the 1960s Youth culture becomes counterculture: 1. Baby boom 2. Mass media 3. Economic boom 4. Growth of universities 5. Peace movement 6. Dr. Spock 7. Vietnam War 8. Democratic Party 9. Civil rights 10.La Movimiento 1943 Zoot Suit riots in Los Angeles Cesar Chavez Student Groups in La Movimiento: Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) United Mexican American Students (UMAS) MECHA: the Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan Brown Berets (inspired by Black Panther Party) 1968: high school student protests in LA 1969: first Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in Denver Independent newspapers of La Movimiento: La Raza, Aztlan 1960s youth-oriented media: similarities/differences - youth culture of the 1920s and 1950s How was youth culture portrayed in mainstream media? Student press: 1. sex, drugs, rock & roll 2. hastened end of Vietnam war Black Panther Party Legacies of The Black Panther: Awareness of 1. relations between white police and black communities 2. health issues among blacks 3. reparations for slavery 4. economic oppression 5. black manhood 6. black political awareness 1960s and Vietnam Protests: How were the media involved?