Human Be-In: Summer of Love Launches in Golden Gate
A sea of tie-dye, bare feet, and radical possibility: 30,000 hippies gathered in Golden Gate Park, transforming a chilly January afternoon into a cultural earthquake. Timothy Leary proclaimed "Turn on, tune in, drop out" while the Grateful Dead played, and the Black Panthers stood alongside beatniks and Berkeley radicals. But this wasn't just a concert—it was a declaration. A moment when counterculture stopped whispering and started shouting, when young Americans said they'd remake society from scratch. One afternoon. No permits. Pure electricity.
January 14, 1967
59 years ago
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