With so much going on in the 1960s, the decade also gave birth to a youth movement that challenged the american political and social systemand conventional middle-class values. The youth protest movement of the 1960s included students for a democratic society and the free speech movement. counterculture youths tried to create an alternative to mainstream culture. Many hippies wanted to drop out of society by leaving home and moving to communes.
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| young teens just doing their thing |
