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

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Bill Ayers on Military Recruitment on Campus

In this video clip, Professor Bill Ayers, who was a student activist at the University of Michigan in the mid 1960s, discusses an incident in which a friend of his put a banner above a Marine recruiter on campus to state that the recruiter was guilty…

Report to University Community, February 18, 1970

Protest at Engineering Building Report to Community.pdf
This document is a report to the University of Michigan community in the wake of violent protesting by SDS members against military recruiting taking place on campus in February 1970. Within this document, the President of the University of Michigan,…

ACLU Letter about recruitment protests

ACLU Statement about Recruitment.pdf
In this document, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) voices its opinion on the protesting taking place on college campuses against recruiters. It states that it will support the protestors' freedom of speech to protest the recruiters as well…

Engineering Placement Service Director
letter about protesters

Dean of Engineering about DuPont Protest.pdf
In this article, the Director of the Engineering Placement Service in 1970, John G. Young, argues to the Student Government Council that SDS should be no longer be considered a student organization on campus. Mr. Young was upset about how members of…

Draft picketers walking down North University.

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Students are showing their resistance to the draft by picketing on the sidewalks of Ann Arbor.

Professors at U of M ask students to support the first teach-in on March 24-25th, 1965

%22An Appeal to Our Students%22 - J. Edgar Edwards Papers (Box 5) - Vietnam Teach-In Miscellaneous.pdf
U of M professors wanted students to become aware of U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam by attending the March 24-25th, 1965. "We need the students to help us in this search for a better policy, and we invite your help."

Tom Hayden Interview- Legacy

Tom Hayden Interview March 29th, 2015- Legacy. Interviewed by Chris Haughey, Obadiah Brown, and Kevin Trierweiler

University of Michigan students and a faculty member, perform a sit-in at the Selective Service Office in Ann Arbor, MI.

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A student is forced out of the Ann Arbor Selective Service Office after refusing to leave in protest of U.S. draft policies. University students were irritated with the re-classification process.

A University of Michigan student is arrested by police at the October 15th, 1965 Selective Service Office sit-in in Ann Arbor.

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1960s, "University of Michigan students stage sit-in at Selective Services Board; Ann Arbor, Michigan,"The Detroit News Collection, Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University.

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