10:00 P.M. Curfew
What they did was target the Strip’s most prominent rock club, the Whisky a Go Go. The managers were forced to change its name to the Whisk . To make matters worse, the annoyed residents and business owners in the area endorsed the passage of a strict (10:00 p.m.) curfew in addition to loitering laws that would reduce the crowds of young clubbers.
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The hippies and local music fans weren’t happy. For them, this was an infringement on their civil rights. Their reaction: protests. On November 12, 1966, people distributed fliers along the Strip, inviting people to protest later that day. The initiators likely didn’t anticipate what would happen…