These were the ideological young adults of the sixties. Believing the "establishment" needed changing-forcing the world to notice- using massive protests and sit-ins, the hippies transformed our country.
Demanding transparency in our government, reminding old line politicians this country was not about corruption and deceit, they managed to oust Nixon from the White House, support the civil liberties act and vote in the most liberal Supreme Court justices in the history of the United States.
Laws favoring equality for men and women, fair housing, labor unions, human rights over police and government control supported a nation believing human rights prevailed over state and government demands.
The Hippies. Influential in a way no other generation in our history has ever attained.
Now they are Republicans.
