"In 1961, Charles Manson was sent to prison for check forgery. Upon his release in the spring of 1967, he emerged into a very different world. Manson quickly tapped into the hippie counterculture to take advantage of this huge, malleable population."
"By the late 1960s, racial tensions were so inflamed - especially in California - that Charles Manson saw an opportunity to exploit this agonistic landscape." From NBCAquarius @ YouTube.
