Resistance and Revolution: The Anti-Vietnam War Movement at the University of Michigan, 1965-1972

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IUC Telegram to Bundy

IUC to Bundy Telegram Full.pdf
Telegram from Ann Arbor leadership of IUC to McGeorge Bundy demanding a debate as promised, May 16, 1965.

IUC National Teach-In Program

IUC National Teach-In Program Full.pdf
The IUC program for the National Teach-In, including a statement of philosophy, lineup of speakers, and topics of the break-out panels.

IUC National Teach-In Map

IUC Teach-In Map.pdf
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.

IUC Fund Appeal for National Teach-In

IUC Fund Appeals Mills.pdf
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.

Induction Statistics

Selective Service Draft Statistics.pdf
These Selective Service statistics show how many Americans were enlisted throughout the Vietnam War.

In November 1965, draftees are leaving Ann Arbor for the Vietnam War.

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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.

In 1968, President LBJ delivers a speech entitled, "Why Are We in Vietnam?".

LBJ Why Are We In Vietnam (July 28, 1965).pdf
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 1963, SDS authored a piece entitled, "America in the New Era."

americanewera.pdf
See below for the entire 25 page document "America in the New Era."

HUAC U of M Flyer

HUAC flyer.pdf
As a form of resistance, students begin to organize a rally to protest HUAC.

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