Two Alternative Media Stars of the 1960s
RAMPARTS: One of the most explosive indy magazines of
the 1960s, Ramparts published photos of
the impact of U.S. napalm (a chemical weapon that eats away human flesh) on
Vietnamese civilians in its Jan. 1967 issue. Martin Luther King, Jr. credited those
photos with being the spark that got him to break his silence and speak out
loudly against the Vietnam War a few months later. Besides its
investigative scoops and idramatic story-telling, Ramparts was
known for its cover art shown here and here.
"DR. HIP":
Syndicated widely to "underground weeklies," Dr. Eugene Schoenfeld
dispensed blunt and humorous advice about sex (and drugs). That legacy is
carried on by Dan Savage's "Savage Love"
column in today's alternative weeklies.
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