Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War Anti-war protest at the Pentagon, 1967
Date 1964–1973 Caused by American involvement in Vietnam Goals End of military conscription Withdrawal of troops from Vietnam Resulted in Disruption of military conscription Lowered military morale End of the Johnson presidency Voting age lowered to 18 Withdrawal of troops and aid
Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War began with protests in 1964 against the role of the United States in the Vietnam War . It became a social movement over the several years. This movement caused and educated a debate, mainly in the United States, during the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s on how to end the war.
Many in the peace movement within the United States were children, mothers, or anti-establishment young people.
Their actions were mainly of peaceful, nonviolent events. In some cases, police used violent force against peaceful demonstrators. In 1970, four unarmed college students were killed by the Ohio National Guard, on the Kent State University campus. The incident's name is the Kent State shootings.[1] [2] [3] )
By 1967, according to Gallup polls, an increasing majority of Americans thought that the military involvement in Vietnam to be a mistake.[4]
↑ Philip Caputo (May 4, 2005). "The Kent State Shootings, 35 Years Later" . NPR. Archived from the original on May 16, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2007 .
↑ Rep. Tim Ryan (May 4, 2007). "Congressman Tim Ryan Gives Speech at 37th Commemoration of Kent State Massacre" . Congressional website of Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio). Archived from the original on July 25, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2007 .
↑ John Lang (May 4, 2000). "The day the Vietnam War came home" . Scripps Howard News service. Archived from the original on February 11, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2007 .
↑ "Robert S. McNamara, Architect of a Futile War, Dies at 93" . The New York Times . July 7, 2009.
Protests and events
General
1960s Berkeley protests
Central Park be-ins
Draft evasion in the Vietnam War
Before 1967
Edmonton aircraft bombing
1965 March Against the Vietnam War
Alice Herz, Norman Morrison, Roger Allen LaPorte 1965 political self-immolations
Fort Hood Three - Refused orders to go to Vietnam in 1966
Human Be-In
1967
Angry Arts week
"Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" (April 4 speech)
Court-martial of Howard Levy
April 15, 1967 Anti-Vietnam war demonstrations
March on the Pentagon
Flower Power photo
The Ultimate Confrontation
Nhat Chi Mai self-immolation
1968 1969
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
Bed-ins for Peace
Weather High School Jailbreaks
Days of Rage
Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
1970
Greenwich Village townhouse explosion
Free The Army tour
Kent State shootings
Fort Lewis Six
Student strike of 1970
Hard Hat Riot
Sterling Hall bombing
After 1970
Winter Soldier Investigation
1971 May Day protests
FTA Show - 1971 anti-Vietnam War road show for GIs
Pentagon Papers
People and organizations
Chicago Seven
Chicano Moratorium
Concerned Officers Movement
Donald W. Duncan
Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee
Fort Hood Three
GI's Against Fascism
G.I. coffeehouses
Intrepid Four
Movement for a Democratic Military
National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
Pacific Counseling Service
Stop Our Ship (SOS)
Students for a Democratic Society
Terry Whitmore
The Newsreel
United States Servicemen's Fund
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Weather Underground
Yippies
Related
Defendants Lawyers/Judge
William Kunstler (defense lawyer)
Leonard Weinglass
Julius Hoffman (judge)
Tom Foran (prosecutor)
Richard Schultz
Supporters Context Media
"Chicago" (1970 song)
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987 film)
Steal This Movie! (2000 film)
Chicago 10 (2007 film)
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009 documentary)
The Chicago 8 (2011 film)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020 film)
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