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The Michigan History Project is currently preparing the definitive history of Ann Arbor in the 1960s, called collectively A260: Ann Arbor in the Sixties. A260 is a massive preservation effort that entails the gathering of huge amounts of invaluable archival material plus the publication of perhaps a dozen books and also several films, including ...
In 1960, Ann Arbor was the site of major speeches by both major presidential candidates, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. On October 14, 1960, Kennedy outlined his proposal for what would become the Peace Corps on the front steps of the Michigan Union (a plaque still marks the spot).
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The 1960s were a time of radical sociopolitical change in the United States, and Ann Arbor played a key role. In the 1960s, Ann Arbor had it all: JFK, MLK, LBJ, and the CIA; hawks, doves, panthers, and pigs; sit-ins, teach-ins, lock-ins, and sleep-ins; radicals on the left, reactionaries on the right, and a great mass of mystified in the middle.
The (in)famous $5 fine for marijuana possession, passed barely a month after the HRP activists took office in 1972, gave Ann Arbor one of the most lenient pot laws in the land. A Republican councilman who voted against the bill complained that its enactment would make the city "the pot capital of the Midwest."
Apr 19, 2018 · During the 1960s, the city rose to prominence as a center for liberal politics and counterculturalism thanks to the activism of University of Michigan students. Ann Arbor hosted protests against the Vietnam War and for Civil Rights and was the founding place of the national Students for a Democratic Society group. By the 1970s, these ideals had ...
Ann Arbor is a city in and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States. [7] The 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851, making it the fifth-most populous city in Michigan. [8] It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Washtenaw County and had 372,258 residents in 2020.
In November 1968, the first issue of the Ann Arbor Sun (then just a few pages of mimeographed text written and printed by Sinclair) proclaimed the formation of the White Panther Party, which was dedicated to “cultural revolution through a total assault on the culture.”. There was a 10-point program that started with a “total endorsement ...