Anti-Vietnam War Movement

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Anti-Vietnam War Movement 1960s Counter-culture

1968 Democratic Convention 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago 10,000 anti-war protesters clash with policemen and National Guardsmen The violence is caught on television

Kent State Massacre Student protest at Kent State University against Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia National Guardsmen are brought in to break up the protest. They wound 9 students and kill 4 (2 of whom were not involved in the protest) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-24JOvqoJQ

Pentagon Papers Top-secret military report that was leaked to the New York Times This report revealed that the US had drawn up plans to go to war with Vietnam even when President Johnson claimed he wouldn’t send troops

Anti-War Speeches

Anti-Vietnam Protest Songs