Research - social movements

This week I started research for a new novel I'm contemplating. As a Sociologist I'm interested in how social movements in the U.S. during the "counter culture" era have effected contemporary culture. Lots of fun ideas for a novel emerge within the converging movements for equality, peace, and environmental change. This era (1960-1985) had an everlasting impact on my life but the question I explore in the novel concerns whether cultural change has endured. So much fun to begin a new writing project.