Flower power
Flower power was a
Origin
The term "Flower Power" originated in
Movement
"The cry of 'Flower Power' echoes through the land. We shall not wilt. Let a thousand flowers bloom."
— Abbie Hoffman, Workshop in Nonviolence, May 1967
By late 1966, the Flower Power method of
In May 1967, Abbie Hoffman organized the Flower Brigade as an official contingent of a New York City parade honoring the soldiers in Vietnam. News coverage captured Flower Brigade participants, who carried flowers, flags and pink posters imprinted with LOVE, being attacked and beaten by bystanders.[14] In response to the violence, Hoffman wrote in WIN magazine, "Plans are being made to mine the East River with daffodils. Dandelion chains are being wrapped around induction centers.... The cry of 'Flower Power' echoes through the land. We shall not wilt."[14] On the following Sunday, WIN activists declared Armed Forces Day as "Flower Power Day" and held a rally in Central Park to counter the traditional parade. Turnout was low and, according to Hoffman, the rally was ineffective because guerilla theater needed to be more confrontational.[14][15]
In October 1967, Hoffman and
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The classic photo of a young woman with a flower facing-off against soldiers with fixed bayonets, by Marc Riboud[18] | |
Pulitzer Prize-nominated Flower Power photo by Bernie Boston.[19] |
Photographs of flower-wielding protesters at the Pentagon march became iconic images of 1960s anti-war protests. One photo called "
Another photo from the march, titled
On 10 December 1971,
By the early 1970s, the Flower Power anti-war movement had faded primarily due to the end of the
Cultural heritage
The iconic center of the Flower Power movement was the
A July 7, 1967,
The
See also
References
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- ^ a b Bernie Boston, "Flower Power", The Washington Evening Star, October 21, 1967
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Further reading
- Bennett M. Berger, "Hippie morality—more old than new ",Society, Volume 5, Number 2 / December, 1967
- Stuart Hall, "The Hippies: an American 'moment'", CCCS selected working papers, Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, Routledge, 2007, ISBN 0-415-32441-6