Efterkrigstidens babyboomers oversvømmede universiteterne i 1964. Idealistiske og afvisende over for den kolde krigs ideologi oprørt over forældrenes konformistiske værdier protesterede de over hele verden.
Post-war baby boomers had begun flooding college campuses in 1964 imbued with idealism, dismissive of cold war ideology, upset with their parents' conformist values and fears, their protests spread worldwide.