sixties America witnessed the assassination of a president, the assassination of a civil rights

leader, a "conflict" in Vietnam, and a counterculture revolution among the youth. The

counterculture would peacefully protest and rally against the government early on, but as the

decade progressed, the counterculture would split into various factions. Some of these splinter

groups would carry out violent measures to make themselves, and there opinions, known. While

the violent actions were carried out by a strict minority, they attracted much attention from the

The purpose of this paper is to establish a connection between the peace movement and

the violence perpetrated by the counterculture. I feel that it is important that we find out how a

movement that was peaceful in the beginning could end up being so violent. The fact that

Americas youth could get caught up in such a frightening and violent situation should be of

concern to all of us. The music, and music festivals, of the era are also worthy of consideration.

Did the music contribute to the violence, or was it a just reflection of the turmoil felt dur

Maratta, Pete. Counter Culture. New York: Topper Books, 1989.

large portion of the hippies would be brought into radical groups and unknowingly be turned

now' revolution of rural communes." The break from the hippies way of thinking is in part due

of influences caused them to become violent.

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people. Be it the way they looked or the way they spoke, they wanted to challenge the

While out on recruiting trips, Dave Dellinger, a member of the editorial board for

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