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This photo captures a large group of hippies gathering at the United States Capitol to protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War while promoting ideals of peace, love, and freedom. Such rallies became pivotal to the countercultural movement,…

The Woodstock Festival which was held in August 1969, brought together over 400,000 people for three days of peace, music, and unity, symbolizing the countercultural ideals of freedom and communal harmony.

Two sit-in demonstrators from the Congress of Racial Equality are seen being dragged from the Federal Building by deputy US marshals.

It is a very abstract album even looking kind of Hindu spiritually, which really showcases the psychedelic part of rock at the time.

A book exploring the various social and political movements of the 1960s, including the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-war movement, and the counterculture.

A book that the displays the rise of various social movements like the Civil Rights movement, anti-war protests against Vietnam, and the New Left.

This conference discussed drug-related issues, such as addiction, trafficking, and public health policy. The photograph offers a glimpse into a significant historical moment in the United States' ongoing struggle with drug-related problems with Nixon…

In a press conference, Roy Wilkins make the claim that the NAACP was the first organization to execute sit-in protests and that the phenomenon did not actually begin with the February 1, 1960 Greensboro, North Carolina sit-in.

This image depicts a young man burning his draft card, a powerful act of protest against the Vietnam War and U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Draft card burning became a symbolic gesture of defiance, aligning with the hippie movement's emphasis on peace…