Today in History: The Human Be-In

On this day (January 14) in 1967, the Summer of Love began with the Human Be-In—a gathering of 20,000-30,000 American young people to listen to the music of bands like Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead and speakers espousing what came be known as the Counter-Culture. The gathering shocked mainstream America by encouraging people to question authority in regard to civil rights, women’s rights and consumer rights.