The Beat Generation in Words, Images, and Music
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The Beat Generation
In Words, Images, and Musicby Jim Burke
Beat
Beatnik
Bohemian
Hippie
“By a ‘generation’ I mean that reaction against the fathers which seems to occur about three times a century. It is distinguished by a set of ideas inherited in modified form from the madmen and outlaws of the generation before; if it is a real generation it has its own leaders and spokesmen.”!!! –– F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Lost Generation
““The Beat Generation was a generation of crazy, illuminated hipsters suddenly rising and roaming America, serious, bumming and hitchhiking everywhere, ragged, beatific, beautiful in an ugly graceful new way--a vision gleaned from the way we had heard the word 'beat' spoken on streetcorners on Times Square and in the Village, in other cities in the downtown city night of postwar America--beat, meaning down and out but full of intense conviction--We'd even heard old 1910 Daddy Hipsters of the streets speak the word that way, with a melancholy sneer--It meant characters of a special spirituality who didn't gang up but were solitary Bartlebies staring out the dead wall window of our civilization--the subterraneans heroes who'd finally turned from the 'freedom' machine of the West and were taking drugs, digging bop, having flashes of insight, experiencing the 'derangement of the senses,' talking strange, being poor and glad, prophesying a new style for American culture, a new style (we thought).”!! ! –– Jack Kerouac
The Beat Generation
1950sFirst Credit Card Introduced!
Korean War Begins!
McCarthy Begins Witch Hunt!
Truman Builds Hydrogen Bomb!
Rosenbergs Executed for Espionage!
Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.!
Color TV introduced
James Dean Dies in Car Accident!
McDonald's Opens!
Rosa Parks gets arrested!
Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat!
NASA Founded!
Peace Symbol Created!
Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba
1960sFirst Televised Presidential Debates!
Berlin Wall Built!
Peace Corps Founded!
Soviets Launch First Man in Space!
Andy Warhol’s Campbell's Soup Can!
Cuban Missile Crisis!
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring!
Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique!
JFK Assassinated
Civil Rights Movement!
Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S.!
Malcolm X Assassinated!
U.S. Troops to Vietnam!
Mass Draft Protests in U.S.!
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated!
Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated!
Summer of Love in San Francisco!
Rock-and-Roll Concert at Woodstock
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Novel about controlling world through addiction
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Novel about controlling world through addiction
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort to write his own book
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Novel about controlling world through addiction
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort to write his own book
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Book about the 60s starring hero of the
Beat ‘50s
Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort Chick
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”Wrote a book in 3-
days; another on 121-foot scroll
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Novel about controlling world through addiction
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Only Beat book (of poetry) to win the
Pulitzer Prize
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort Chick
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Cat
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Novel about controlling world through addiction
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Only Beat book (of poetry) to win the
Pulitzer Prize
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort Chick
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Cat
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Bread
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Novel about controlling world through addiction
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Only Beat book (of poetry) to win the
Pulitzer Prize
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort Chick
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Cat
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Bread
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Novel about controlling world through addiction
Dig
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Only Beat book (of poetry) to win the
Pulitzer Prize
understand!!
get it!!
hear you!!
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort Chick
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Cat
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Bread
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Novel about controlling world through addiction
Dig
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Only Beat book (of poetry) to win the
Pulitzer PrizeSquare
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort Chick
“Subterranean Homesick Blues”
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Cat
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Bread
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Novel about controlling world through addiction
Dig
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Only Beat book (of poetry) to win the
Pulitzer PrizeSquare
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort Chick
“Subterranean Homesick Blues”
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Cat“Bird” plays the sax
like no one else
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
Bread
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Novel about controlling world through addiction
Dig
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Only Beat book (of poetry) to win the
Pulitzer PrizeSquare
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort Chick
“Subterranean Homesick Blues”
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Cat“Bird” plays the sax
like no one else
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
BreadPlayed the coolest jazz within Miles
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Novel about controlling world through addiction
Dig
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Only Beat book (of poetry) to win the
Pulitzer PrizeSquare
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort Chick
“Subterranean Homesick Blues”
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Cat“Bird” plays the sax
like no one else
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
BreadPlayed the coolest jazz within Miles
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Novel about controlling world through addiction
DigHer “Rose” weighed
over a ton
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Only Beat book (of poetry) to win the
Pulitzer PrizeSquare
Authors Books! Terms Art and MusicShot his wife at a
party playing William Tell
Neal Cassady’s incomplete effort Chick
“Subterranean Homesick Blues”
Howled about the “best minds” of his
generation
Allen Ginsburg’s poem about the “angel-headed
hipsters”
Cat“Bird” plays the sax
like no one else
Wrote a book in 3-days; another on 121-foot scroll
Recently made into a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set on the road.
BreadPlayed the coolest jazz within Miles
Poet and publisher of many classic Beat
works
Novel about controlling world through addiction
DigHer “Rose” weighed
over a ton
Remains a poet and professor, wise Buddhist, fire
lookout
Only Beat book (of poetry) to win the
Pulitzer PrizeSquare
His art was like visual jazz
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