Flower power
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Flower power was a political movement and slogan used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and nonviolence. It is rooted in the anti-war movement which was opposed t
A demonstrator offers a flower to military police at an anti-Vietnam War protest at The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, October 21, 1967
Cotton fabric, late 1960s, U.S.
Hippie
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Hippie is a youth subculture that began in the United States and became popular in the Western Bloc as part of the baby boomers generation. It is associated with the wider counterculture movement of t
Flower power
…Vietnam War. The expression was coined by Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 1965 as a means to transform war protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles. Hippies embraced the symbolism by dressing in clothing with embroidered flowers and vibrant colors, wearing flowers in their hair, and distributing flowers to…
Contemporary hippie at the Rainbow Gathering in Russia, 2005
A 1967 VW Kombi bus decorated with hand-painting
Beatniks posing in front of a piece of beatnik art, 1959. The Beat Generation are seen as a predecessor to the hippie movement
Escapin' through the lily fields I came across an empty space It trembled and exploded Left a bus stop in its place The bus came by and I got on That's when it all began There was cowboy Neal At the wheel Of a bus to never-ever land – Grateful Dead, lyrics from "That's It for the Other One"