Marc Bolan Ministrymole, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Marc Bolan Patti Smith UCLA Library Special Collections, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Patti Smith The Factory Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped) The Factory Martin Luther King Jr David Erickson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister, author and the leading American civil rights campaigner of his generation The Haight-Ashbury Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons The Haight-Ashbury is a district in San Francisco, centred in Haight Street and also including Ashbury Street Mustique Island Megmcgriff, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Mustique Island Events of the decade View all events Stonewall Riots LSE Library, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons Social Movements Stonewall Riots Woodstock: The Festival of the Decade Woodstock Whisperer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Edited) Pop Culture / Social Movements Woodstock: The Festival of the Decade The Vietnam War Protest Movement 18+ By S.Sgt. Albert R. Simpson. Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Social Movements The Vietnam War Protest Movement 1968 Miss America Protest Jack Boucher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Social Movements 1968 Miss America Protest Isle of Wight Festival Roland Godefroy, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Pop Culture / Social Movements Isle of Wight Festival The 1969 Moon Landing and why it pushed the boundaries of possibility NASA / Neil A. Armstrong, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped) Science / Technology The 1969 Moon Landing and why it pushed the boundaries of possibility View all events Influential people Victoria Brooke Model Victoria Brooke Neal Cassady GrawLIN, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Author & Poet Neal Cassady Read about all influential people At the heart of the sixties Nicky Samuel met many key figures from the Sixties. Her memoirs capture the essence of the decade and a panorama of the sexual revolution and counterculture. Read more about Nicky Samuel Popular Places Carnaby Street H. Grobe, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Fashionable London Street Carnaby Street Chateau Marmont Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hollywood Hotel Chateau Marmont Explore all places