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- 291: Irwin Allen Ginsberg
- ... obsessed with drugs, crime, sex and literature. Eventually, Allen got suspended from Columbia for various small offenses. He began hanging around with Times Square junkies and thieves (mostly friends of Burroughs), experimenting with Benzedrine and marijuana, and cruising gay bars in Greenwich Village. At this point in Ginsberg life he and Kerouac thought they were working towards some kind of great poetic vision, which they called the New Vision. Ginsburgs ...
- 292: John Lennon
- ... a Japanese artist who he met while attending a preview of her art show. During the time when he was living with Yoko, the police raided their apartment and John was fined for possession of marijuana. (Hertsgaard) John did not pursue any musical interest outside of The Beatles until 1968 when he released his album titled Unfinished Music, No. 1: Two Virgins. This release was extremely controversial because of the content ...
- 293: John Lennon
- ... live on the Ed Sullivan Show. Four weeks later, The Beatles held the top five music singles in America at the same time. John was influenced by many things in 1965-1966 such as psychedelia, marijuana, and Bob Dylan. Many felt that these years were the best song writing years of John Lennon's life. 1966---The Beatles had been touring for over four years, and they, especially John were tired ...
- 294: Charles Manson
- ... Spahn Ranch, near Los Angeles. Manson had lovely ideas and his followers or "Family" regarded him as a Christ-like figure. They indulged in free love practices, pseudo religious ceremonies, and used drugs such as marijuana and LSD. The Black Panthers were a major black movement in the 1960's. After killing a leader of this movement in self defence, Manson grew scared on the promise of revenge from the Black ...
- 295: Charles Manson
- ... Spahn Ranch, near Los Angeles. Manson had lovely ideas and his followers or "Family" regarded him as a Christ- like figure. They indulged in free love practices, pseudo religious ceremonies, and used drugs such as marijuana and LSD. The Black Panthers were a major black movement in the 1960's. After killing a leader of this movement in self defence, Manson grew scared on the promise of revenge from the Black ...
- 296: John Lennon
- ... live on the Ed Sullivan Show. Four weeks later, The Beatles held the top five music singles in America at the same time. John was influenced by many things in 1965-1966 such as psychedelia, marijuana, and Bob Dylan. Many felt that these years were the best song writing years of John Lennon's life. 1966---The Beatles had been touring for over four years, and they, especially John were tired ...
- 297: Biography of Bob Marley
- ... that has had a pr ofound influence on reggae music. The Rastafarian movement of this period, among other beliefs, recognized Haile Selassie I, king of Ethiopia, as the living God; praised the spiritual effects of marijuana; and endorsed black racial superiority. Influenced by the Rastafarian movement, Marley's music contains elements of spiritualism and mysticism. Some songs call for personal freedom through revolution, while others embrace carefree attitudes toward life or ...
- 298: Gangs
- ... of walking. A rhythmic gait, characterized by the forward movement of the head with each step. Terms for fighting were: bopping, rumbling, jitterbugging. Gang members used guns, knives, and homemade weapons. Most common drugs-alcohol, marijuana, heroin. New York gangs fought along racial lines-African-American, white, Puerto Rican. Usually they fought over girls or turf. Turf could be anything from a few blocks to an entire neighborhood. Gang members believed ...
- 299: Teenagers of the Sixties and Today
- ... rioting on college campuses, African Americans were rioting in the streets and an unpopular war was going on in Southeast Asia. There was the Free Speech Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and the sexual revolution. Marijuana and LSD, illegal drugs virtually unheard of a decade before, were becoming commonplace among teenagers. The country was in turmoil and on the brink of revolution. College students were rebelling as evidenced by growing their ...
- 300: Education In Public Schools
- ... in the United States. There is also a higher use of drugs and alcohol among kids in public schools. Over 80 percent of public high school students drink alcohol and 45.7 percent have used marijuana. Drugs and alcohol make most people extremely violent. That is also on of the reasons why our violence and crime rates are so high. Over hundreds of millions of dollars are spend on the security ...
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