Moving Right Along
The Summer of Love, '67:
20,000 people gathered in San Francisco for the first Human Be-in, celebrating love and peace, followed by the New York Be-in. The draft resistance begins after US invasion of Cambodia. The Monterey International Pop Festival is held (inc. Hendrix, Country Joe, etc.). Sgt. Pepper is released. The Haight-Ashbury thrives as the place to be for the Summer of Lovc. On a sadder note, Woody Guthrie dies in '67, 43 Detroit protesters are killed, 647 are arrested at the Pentagon march, 585 anti-war protesters are arrested in NYC (inc. Allen Ginsberg), Otis Redding dies, and Owsley is arrested and stops producing acid. This was the year that the protests against war and the draft became very frequent.
Next Year, '68:
The Youth International Party (Yippie) was founded. Sadly, icon Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed, which lead to black uprisings in 125 cities across the country. The Black Panthers were ambushed by the Oakland police. During the Democratic Convention in Chicago, 10,000 Yippie members held a mock convention. Unfortunately, 11,000 Chicago policemen, 6,000 National Guardsmen, 7,500 US Army troops, and 1,000 other agents stood in their way and turned it into a riot. It was here that the 8 brave men, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Bobby Seale, Rennie Davis, Dave Dellinger, Tom Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Tom Hayden became the infamous Chicago 8/Chicago 7.
Chicago 8 (Bobby Seale is not pictured)
