ideals. People did this in many ways. Many people used non-violent means to get their point across. People often picketed the streets carrying signs with catchy slogans and yelling memorable phrases. In Birmingham Alabama the children marched the streets in order to get blacks registered to vote. Martin Luther King was one of the major leaders of the non-violent philosophy. In 1963 Dr. King and thousands of other marched on Washington in order to keep pressure on the Kennedy administration and Congress in providing blacks with economic opportunity, education equality, and job equality. These were just two of the many non-violent marches, protests, boycotts, and demonstrations that took place during the sixties. Although there were many non-violent methods, some turned violent and some were intended to be violent. Some people felt that violence was the only way to get things accomplished. At Kent State protestors were very destructive and violent. In the end four people were dead. From 1967-1968 blacks burned down whole neighborhoods and the black militant movement started to emerge. These seem like very radical ways to ask for change, but there were also less drastic methods. Many songs, cheers, and chants were created and sung in the sixties. Music became a major way to express attitudes and ideals. Other techniques such as draft evasion were used to protest the war in Vietnam. People used a variety of techniques to demonstrate their beliefs and challenge the American society. The wide variety of people involved in the counter culture and the wide variety of factors causing the emergence influenced this wide variety of techniques to demonstrate attitudes, values, and ideals.Different people can interpret the counter culture of the sixties in different ways. It had many important effects on the society, both detrimental and beneficial. During the era, there were many things that injured the society. One of the most ...
