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Girl reading Portrait of Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet, looking over his shoulder in a collared shirt, circa 1965. Hunter S. Thompson James Baldwin American novelist Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., seated outdoors around 1965, wearing a light cardigan and holding a cigarette. Robert A. Heinlein Statue of writer Ken Kesey Black-and-white portrait of Betty Friedan, feminist and author of The Feminine Mystique, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression. Abbie Hoffman Rachel Carson
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Documents from a revolutionary era: the 1960s and ’70s.
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Girl reading
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American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac, c. 1965.
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Hunter S. Thompson
American journalist Hunter S. Thompson, 1990.
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James Baldwin
James Baldwin wrote important works on the subject of race in the United States.
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Kurt Vonnegut, c. 1965
In 1965 Kurt Vonnegut published the novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater,...
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Robert A. Heinlein
Science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein autographing books in Kansas City, Missouri,...
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Statue of writer Ken Kesey
Ken Kesey statue in Eugene, Oregon.
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Betty Friedan
American feminist Betty Friedan.
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Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman, c. 1981.
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Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson holding a copy of her book Silent Spring in 1963.
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