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Beatniks are a fad from the 1950`s they are a thing related to a sock hop. At a sock hop a person would take off their shoes and dance. They would feel the BEAT in beatniks but i dont know were the word niks came from so you might to look that up!

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A beatnik is a person who dresses in a manner which is not considered socially acceptable, who is non-conformist in dress and behaviour, or a person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s.

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A group of proposed hippies who disliked America's current political direction in the 1950's.

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