Of the 1950s and hippies of the 1960s. He also talked about the spread of lsd and the prevalence of drugs in hippie culture. This class is about 55 minutes. Going to talk about the prof. Rorabaugh ok, so today we are going to talk about the counterculture, which in many ways people have associated with the 1960s as one of the major aspects of the 1960s. One could say of the decade of the 1960s, radical politics clearly failed and faded away. And social change bumped up against limitations. Race relations changed and official segregation disappeared and america became more tolerant, but race did not disappear as a fact. Many liberals in the 1950s and 1960s hope it would be destroyed. Gender relations also changed. Women assumed new roles but women and men soon came to realize the differences have not been revealed by somebody declaring men and women are equal. Men and women would not see things the same way. The greatest changes that took place clearly was cultural changes. A lot of the
He talks about lsd and the prevalence of drugs in the hippie culture. Today we will talk about the counterculture which many people have associated with the 1960s, one of the major aspects of the 1960s. Radical politics have clearly faded away and social change against certain limitations. Legal segregation disappeared. Americans became more tolerant. Whichid not disappear, many in the 1950s and 1960s hoped that it would. Relations also changed. Women and men came to realize the differences between women and men were not repealed i simply declaring women and men were equal. Would notomen necessarily see things the same way. Were clearly cultural changes. Many had to deal with the counterculture. The word counterculture was invented by a sociologist, and it means an opposite culture of mainstream. Unlike the political and social challenges, the cultural challenges tended to stick. Americans really did change Cultural Values and practices in the 1970s and 1980s and beyond. Not so much in
[inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning, everyone. It is truly my pleasure to welcome you to Miami Book Fair. It is a lovely saturday morning in miami. What a wonderful fair it has been all week long and here we are at the street fair. I would like to offer appreciation to our sponsors without whom this book fair would not be taking place. We have the knight foundation, hl, bachelor foundation, the Group Foundation and so many more sponsors. I would like to pay thanks to Miamidade College for convening this book fair. Lets give a round of applause. And so many students, faculty and staff have given up their time all week long and throughout this weekend to volunteer to make sure this fair is a success. Let me see the hands of all of our outstanding friends of the book fair. Thank you so much. [applause] for your support of Miami Book Fair and if anyone would like to join the circle of friends you may do so today, please let us know. A wonderful day planned for you. I ask c
Hl, bachelor foundation, the Group Foundation and so many more sponsors. I would like to pay thanks to Miamidade College for convening this book fair. Lets give a round of applause. And so many students, faculty and staff have given up their time all week long and throughout this weekend to volunteer to make sure this fair is a success. Let me see the hands of all of our outstanding friends of the book fair. Thank you so much. [applause] for your support of Miami Book Fair and if anyone would like to join the circle of friends you may do so today, please let us know. A wonderful day planned for you. I ask cell phones and other devices so we can all enjoy, and autograph table right across on the other side of the hall across from the elevator where you can have your books autographed, and also have a short q a period where you will be able to ask questions of the authors and i ask you to just stand at the standing mike, pose your questions and go back to your speech and we will have a g
It was really steve is who suggested to kitty that Brandeis University would be the ideal site for the papers of her father. None of us would be here without steves initiative and instigation, and i want to thank you for that. [applause] you will be hearing from steve later this morning as well as this afternoon, when he will be in conversation with kitty bruce. I was not privy to that conversation in which they suggested that brandeis was the ideal site, but i want to start with what the argument might have been. We have the same initials as lenny bruce, that is the least significant factor. We are a somewhat unusual university because we are not named for a benefactor or donor, however grateful we are for our benefactors and donors. We are named for a Supreme Court justice, who himself was one of a halfdozen on a short list of those who articulated the case for maximizing freedom of expression. One of the Supreme Court justices most important for in a sense grasping and fully appreci