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- Collection: US 1960s - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)
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'Head shop' on Haight Street in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco, California, where the hippie movement was headquartered in the 1960s
This image showcases Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, a cultural epicenter for the hippie movement in the 1960s. Renowned for its psychedelic designs and eclectic vibe, it became a hub for counterculture, attracting thousands interested in communal…
"Freedom Schools" in Boston boycott
Children attending "freedom schools" in churches and public buildings. It was a one-day boycott of "de facto" segregation in Boston public schools. This boycott was sponsored by the Freedom Movement. The movement's headquarters were in St. Mark's…
A sign of satire posted outside a restaurant
A satirical sign posted outside the Crawdad Hole restaurant in Flowood, Mississippi. Hippies, demonstrative members of a disaffected youth subculture, were more of a nuisance to retaurateurs in the 1960s than of late, in the second decade of the 21st…
Arrest Record for sit-in
Handwritten arrest record for Huldah Elizabeth Taylor on May 15, 1963 for trespassing during at Greensboro, North Carolina sit-in demonstration.
Boston Freedom Schools freedom diploma
Certificate of participation in the Boston Freedom Schools by the Ryan Family.
Civil rights demo. / David Johnson.
Photograph shows Jackie Robinson and others leading a large civil rights march in San Francisco. The sign supporting William Scranton represents the marchers objection to Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.
Civil rights demonstration outside the Princess Theatre in downtown Gadsden, Alabama
Young black demonstrators in the image are lined up outside the theater while a group of white teenage boys make a line in front of them.