THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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teach-ins
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sit-ins
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research rallies
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anti-war march
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1966, SNCC, the largest black student civil rights organization, expelled its white members. Democratic president Lyndon Johnson’s escalation of the Vietnam War in 1965 gave SDS a cause of its own, as well as a recruiting boost. SDS leaders opposed the war because they felt it was unjust and feared being drafted.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overview. The student movement arose to demand free speech on college campuses, but as the US involvement in the Vietnam war expanded, the war became the main target of student-led protests.
Detailed explanation-3: -Anti-War March on Washington. Image Source: The King Center. April 17, 1965 was the largest anti-war protest to have been held in Washington, D.C. up to that time. The number of marchers (15, 000–25, 000) was close to the number of U.S. soldiers in Vietnam at the time (less than 25, 000).
Detailed explanation-4: -Some picketed the office outdoors, but others conducted a sit-in protest and sang songs about ending the war, leading to the arrest of 39 protesters for trespassing and civil disobedience.