Transcript: The Beat Generation and the Birth of Counter-Culture

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May 22, 1994
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LIANE HANSEN, Host: Every generation has its nicknames. In the 1950' s, a group of writers came to be known as `The Beats.' Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and others railed angrily against the complacency of post-World War II America. Their writing, poetry and Bohemian lifestyle changed popular culture; leading the way for the rebellious '60s and helping to set the stage for the hip-hop ' 90s. Today is the final day of the Beat Generation, Legacy and Celebration, at New York University; a conference featuring works both inspired and composed by the beat writers. Tom Vitale has our report.

TOM VITALE, Reporter: When they met in 1944, ...

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