NSU professor brings American history, 60s counterculture to life for students

  • To give his students a taste of hippie counterculture, Dr. Charles Pellegrin worked with costume designer Elizabeth Lofton to recreate a vest worn by musician Terry Kirkman on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1969. From left are Cameron Remry, Katie Grace Rian, Mason Nugent, Pellegrin, Ezra Jett and Grace Lemoine.
    To give his students a taste of hippie counterculture, Dr. Charles Pellegrin worked with costume designer Elizabeth Lofton to recreate a vest worn by musician Terry Kirkman on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1969. From left are Cameron Remry, Katie Grace Rian, Mason Nugent, Pellegrin, Ezra Jett and Grace Lemoine.
    Dr. Charles Pellegrin, professor of history at Northwestern State University, always concludes his U.S. History 1945-1968 class with a study of U.S. counterculture and the anti-war movement. This semester, he partnered with Elizabeth Guy Lofton, costume shop manager in the School of Creative and Performing Arts, to give students a little something extra on the last day of class.Earlier t...

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