What was the purpose of student unrest in the 1960s?

Answer 1

1. You were drafted into the military at age 18 but were not allowed to vote till you were 21.

2. In some southern states, blacks were not allowed to vote, use public restrooms, water fountains, eat in restaurants or sit in the main part of a movie theatre or in the front section of public transit.

Answer 2

It was a Bridge too far too cross over, but we found a way through peaceful protest. Civil Rights activity with Martin Luther King as the leader. Student everywhere were happily entering into an enlightened period like the Renaissance in Euro. John F. Kennedy and the book he published inspired many Profiles of Courage, Bobby Kennedy and his fight against the mob ties to government. The Viet Nam war and the draft was the worst unsettling of most youths. We lost too many lives by 1967 and so it was horrible to try and believe what we were taught in the books in school when it was all useless, because we were being lied to in real life. We broke open that can of worms and made them eat their words but good. The Conspiracy Seven, a big wave of the future, The un-necessary riots created by the police in Chicago at the Democratic Convention many were brutally beaten, and yet we won in the end. It takes the aggressor to show himself and some of us are victims but not that we want to be but if that's what it takes then that is the way to win. Peaceful and honest. There was a huge change in the film industry, and the music industry as well. Protest songs were in abundance. People sand the truth then in poetry where you could relate to the words as well as the feeling of the music, not just jungle beats without a horn or guitar, but real music with real singing voices not rappers. If we rapped back then we would have had our teeth knocked out, and it is because of us that the kids get to rap today without penalty. However there were 4 College Kids slaughtered by the National Guard at Kent College in Ohio during a peaceful protest, when Nixon was president and that was a real pathetic tragedy. www.history.com Oh last but not least they called it a sex revolution as well. But that was just a farce, for lawyers to make it legal so they made money on divorces. Men at 40 were leaving their wives for younger women, or the bit with Mrs. Robinson too. Just another way for the Rich and Infamous to react badly to a postitive situation. So yeah a good many kids had their homes broken up by jerks that werent even a part of the transition they were just getting rich and having sex and doing drugs. And believe me they were not Hippies they were lawyers, judges, ministers, doctors, etc.

Answer 3

Anti Vietnam War

Anti Draft

CivilRights

Drugs

Answer 4

The 60's were a time of change,JFK,RFK,MLKING,Women's Liberation,Vietnam War,Black Movement,Woodstock,the Draft,etc.It was a time of protest,EVERYBODY wanted equal rights.Bob Dylan,Joan Baez,Jim Morrison,Jimi Hendrix,they all sang about those times.

Answer 5

In the late 60's, it was a reaction to Viet Nam.

Answer 6

Yep, it was the "meet girls thing."

It was also engineered to give totalitarians control of south-east Asia....and it was very effective, I might add.

Answer 7

Another excuse for hippies to get stoned.

Damn Dirty Hippies!

Answer 8

It was a great way to meet girls.

Answer 9

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