Attending College in the 1960s

In the 1960s the post-war baby boomers were becoming teenagers and young adults. According to the Kingwood College LIbrary "an estimated 850,000 war baby freshman entered college" and "emergency living quarters are set up in dorm lounges, hotels, and trailers." College campuses became places for the youth to express themselves against the government and their country. Scenes of protest and debates were the center of many colleges across the country. The cause of much of their distress was the fact that the men were of military draft age, however, the could not yet vote. (18 year-olds could not vote until 1971). Many tried to distance themselves from their upper middle-class parents and make a life on their own.

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