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Hayden Beaten in McComb, Mississippi
White supremacists attack Hayden in 1961 for attempting to help blacks register to vote.
Headline from Michigan Daily Article
After an sit-in at the Ann Arbor Selective Service, 39 students are arrested.
In 1963, SDS authored a piece entitled, "America in the New Era."
See below for the entire 25 page document "America in the New Era."
In 1968, President LBJ delivers a speech entitled, "Why Are We in Vietnam?".
LBJ explains why the U.S. is at war with Vietnam. He explained, America had no choice, because North Vietnam and Communist China sought to “conquer the South, to defeat American power, and to extend the Asiatic dominion of communism. . . . An Asia so…
In November 1965, draftees are leaving Ann Arbor for the Vietnam War.
Ann Arbor draftees are leaving for induction in the Vietnam War. The draftees were taken to Ft. Wayne where they would be processed and sent to basic training camps. November 1965 was the largest draft call since the Korean War.
Induction Statistics
These Selective Service statistics show how many Americans were enlisted throughout the Vietnam War.
IUC Fund Appeal for National Teach-In
The Inter-University Committee for a Public Hearing on Vietnam included this fundraising appeal, with its lengthy excerpt from New Left intellectual C. Wright Mills, on the back cover of the program for the National Teach-In.
IUC National Teach-In Map
The Inter-University Committee for a Public Hearing on Vietnam distributed this map along with other promotional materials in advance of the National Teach-In held May 15, 1965.
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