Jan 14 2010
Subversive Historian – 01/14/10
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The Human Be-In
Back in the day on January 14th, 1967, “A Gathering of the Tribes for a Human Be-In” took place in Northern California. The counter-culture gathering first announced on the cover of the San Francisco Oracle attracted tens of thousands to the city’s Golden Gate Park. The event had evolved from an earlier gathering called the …
The Human Be-In
Back in the day on January 14th, 1967, “A Gathering of the Tribes for a Human Be-In” took place in Northern California. The counter-culture gathering first announced on the cover of the San Francisco Oracle attracted tens of thousands to the city’s Golden Gate Park. The event had evolved from an earlier gathering called the …
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