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Unrest on American Campuses
The Student Movement Unrest on American Campuses
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I. The Student Movement A. SNCC-Student Non-violent Coordination Committee 1. Representative of students involved- combination of political and sexual revolutions B. Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Baby Boom [1964] 1. The Free Speech Campaign 2. The Teach-In movement [U of Mich ]
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3. Change in Draft Laws [1966] a. Deferments –”dummy drafts” b. violence 4. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) a. Port Huron Statement [1962] 5. Election of Richard Nixon [1968] a. lottery
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C. The Break-up of the Student Movement 1. Facilitated by end of war
2. Decline of SDS a. “The Weathermen” New Left b. The Counterculture c. Days of Rage 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention
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The Mobilization of Minorities
Native Americans 1. Unites States policy of “termination” 2. Assimilation a. assume all the responsibilities of citizenship 3. AIM (American Indian Movement) a. Alcatraz ( ) b. Wounded Knee (1973)
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Wounded Knee Alcatraz
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Latinos Southwest U.S. a. United Farm Workers b. Cesar Chavez
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Gay Liberation Stonewall Riots (NYC) a. Backlash
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