Two Alternative Media Stars of 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 Jan. 1967. 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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