Describe the relationship between student protesters and the hippies.

Student protesters of the 1960s and Hippies were similar in they both wanted change.

They differed in how change would happen. Protesters believed they could create chaos for mainstream society and government leaders until they changed policies and laws. Hippies believed a new culture was needed entirely. Many joined the Counterculture movement where they moved onto communes, engaged in drug use, rejected Christianity, and practiced free love. They wanted a new start to American culture not just a shift in policies.