The Long 60's at Clemson
Clemson University was part of a shift in the United States' culture during the turbulent 1960s. On a local level the culture of Clemson was changing, in large part, due to the attitudes of new incoming students. These new students were influenced by a larger counterculture developing in the United States. This tour highlights some of the locations where examples of this changing culture transpired.
Locations for Tour
“Hair” Comes to the Upstate
“Hair” was a musical written by Gerome Ragni and James Rado with music by Galt MacDermot which premiered off Broadway in 1967, and the next year performed on Broadway. The musical has been called the first rock-musical on Broadway, and was surrounded…
The Music that United the Counterculture
Rock-and-Roll was the international language of youth rebellion during the 1960s and 1970s. It united the youth of the counterculture like politics could not. Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum hosted a number of rock-and-roll bands, including the Allman…
Meditation Lectures Offered at Clemson
Hippies of the late 1960s and early 1970s exhibited a fascination with Eastern religions and spirituality. They began practicing yoga and meditation, and these practices eventually spread to other more “mainstream” parts of society. Transcendental…
Jane Fonda at Clemson
The 1960's and 1970's were a tumultuous period of social change in America. Especially on college campuses, there was a great movement by young people to change the injustices they saw in society and live more freely. For many, this meant a…
Reactions to Kent State at Clemson
Published on July 31, 1970, an issue of The Tiger newspaper focused on student's reactions to Kent State and the liberal campus movements pushing social change. It reflected on Clemson's past as a military school and its future as a new kind of…
Rat Season at Clemson
The Counterculture of the 1960's and 1970's often focused on antiwar sentiments and was directed at U.S. military action in Vietnam. However, a niche aspect of Clemson's culture that was affected by the social change was the concept of…