Hippies please explain

Ive heard of theem but I never really knew what they did.. Please explain who were the hippies and what did they do? were they just humanitarians that spoke of love and not war?? i would like to learn some background info on em?

 

Lol not humanitarians, just people in a fad of 'counter culture'

 

Here. There's a whole section of the forum dedicated to answering your questions.

http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/forumdisplay.php?f=12

 

this link has some useful imfo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie