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

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Bill Ayers discusses protest tactics

Bill Ayers talks about creating ideas for protesting the Vietnam War and the use of napalm.

Bill Ayers at SDS demonstration administration building

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Photograph of Bill Ayers, student activist at the University of Michigan.

Audience intently listening at the U of M 1965 Teach-in

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In the Angell Hall Auditorium, faculty and students intently listen to the teach-in speakers. Many students did not know much about the Vietnam War.

Audience at the 1965 Teach-in

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Students become engaged with U.S. foreign policy as they learn more about the Vietnam War. For the first time, many students saw the faculty passionately criticize the government.

Arnold Kaufman Letter explaining 1965 Teach-in Origin

Letter about origins of teach-in 1965 (1).pdf
Bentley Historical Library. Arnold Kaufman Papers. Box #. "Arnold Kaufman Letter"

Arnold Kaufman handwritten notes about the 1965 teach-in

Teach-in Explanation Kaufman 1.pdf
Professor Kaufman outlines the events that occurred at the 1965 U of M teach-in. He gives details regarding the thought behind creating a teach-in that only presented "one side" of the argument.

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