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Approximately 1000 young music fans gathered at the Pandora's Box club on Sunset Strip to protest a 10pm curfew imposed by local residents during the "Sunset Strip Curfew Riots" aka "hippie riots" on November 12, 1966.

“Everybody Look What’s Going Down”: The Sunset Strip Riots

In 1966, tired of being harassed by the police for their counterculture ways, the teens of Sunset Boulevard fought back through protests and music.

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Politics & History

Genesis of the Modern American Right

During the Great Depression, financial elites translated European fascism into an American form that joined high capital with lower middle-class populism.

Education & Society

Life Advice From the Armed Forces

These American Forces Information Service posters shared via JSTOR by The University of Alabama in Huntsville offer us the wisdom we didn’t know we needed.

Education & Society

Margaret Geoga on the Ambiguities of Ancient Texts

An interview with Margaret Geoga, an Egyptologist who examines “wisdom instructions” to see how their interpretation differs between readers and over time.

Education & Society

Tips from a Librarian on Using JSTOR for Research

Follow these first steps toward success with your new research project.

Arts & Culture

Lesya Ukrainka: Ukraine’s Beloved Writer and Activist

“Lesya Ukrainka” was a carefully considered pseudonym for a writer who left behind a legacy of poems, plays, essays and activism for the Ukrainian language.

“Everybody Look What’s Going Down”: The Sunset Strip Riots

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