1969 Tea Party

Allan Keith, in his book Days of Dissent, points out that SIUC hosted a Tea Party protest back in April of 1969:

My book "SIUC's Days of Dissent: A Memoir of Student Protest"  notes on
page 35 that:

"In April hundreds of 'hippies' held a convention, sponsored by the Tea
Party Now, a student political party. There was dancing to the
psychedelic sounds of a band in the Student Center. Stuart Novick said
in a news release that the party 'reaches back to the Boston Tea Party
for its foundations and guiding spirit.'"

Novick was a well-known activist. Use of the words "Tea Party," of
course, was meant to symbolize a revolt against tyrannical authority.