ABSTRACT
Liberalism had been emerging since the Supreme Court of Chief Justice Earl Warren declared the landmark Brown case that ordered the integration of public schools. By the mid-sixties, then, the Court was actively promoting liberalism while at the same time the Johnson administration was doing that politically. A coalition of civil rights organizations decided to change tactics and invite about 1,000 white northern students to invade Mississippi for "Freedom Summer" 1964 to help register black citizens. By 1964, then, youthful activism was becoming a mainstay of the sixties, and that certainly was true as the first baby boomers arrived on college campuses for the fall semester. The Free Speech Movement (FSM), activists called it, and officials eventually agreed to hold discussions with the students. The Johnson administration began the process that fundamentally altered employment practices in the nation, and while progress was slow, most citizens were unaware of the changes—they were more concerned about South Vietnam.
