The corner of Haight and Ashbury marks the center of the famous Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, California. In the 1960s, thousands of hippies flocked to Haight-Ashbury to frolic during the Summer of Love. (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
Revisiting the Summer of Love
The images and the music of the summer of 1967 endure, but some would say the hopes and dreams of the counter-culture died with that summer. Midmorning talks with a music critic and a historian about the music, the mayhem, and the meaning of the summer of love.
Guests
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Maurice Isserman: Professor of history at Hamilton College and the co-author of "America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s."
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Joel Selvin: Senior pop music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and author of "The Summer of Love: The Inside Story of LSD, Rock & Roll, Free Love and High Time in the Wild West."
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