In January 1967, the thousands of youth already in San Francisco descended on Golden Gate Park for a Human Be-In. The media flocked to the event, putting hippies in the national spotlight for the first time. And once the press offered a window into the world of Haight Ashbury, even more young people flooded in.
Praised as the “finest documentary series on television,” AMERICAN EXPERIENCE brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.