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

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The Port Huron Statement

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This is the cover of the pamphlet of the Port Huron Statement when it was circulated in the 1960s. The Port Huron Statement was written by members of SDS and became the manifesto for the New Left.

"Freedom Now, Withdraw Now" SDS button

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SDS used buttons and flyers to grab attention and spread awareness.

The Case Against the ROTC

%22The Case Against ROTC%22 - Vietnam War, anti-war groups - Vertical File FJ.pdf
This document discusses the University of Michigan's relationship with the ROTC.

VOICE proposal about protesting recruiters

Voice Proposal About Recruitment.pdf
This is a VOICE proposal to the University about the need to create a forum with recruiters on campus. VOICE, which was the SDS chapter at Michigan, argued that controversial recruiters need to be able to defend their positions to the university…

President Lyndon B. Johnson delivering a commencement address at University of Michigan on May 22, 1964.

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At the University of Michigan's spring commencement in 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson gives a commencement speech entitled, "War on Poverty."

In 1963, SDS authored a piece entitled, "America in the New Era."

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

"An Interracial Movement of the Poor?" by Carl Wittman and Tom Hayden in 1963.

Interracial-Movement-Poor.pdf
See below for the entire "An Interracial Movement of the Poor?" document.

The International Days of Protest Invitation

International Days of Protest Inivitation from Berkeley - J. Edgar Edwards Papers (Box 5) - Vietnam Teach-In Miscellaneous.pdf
The Berkeley Vietnam Day Committee sent a letter to the faculty of the University of Michigan on October 13, 1965 asking t University to participate in the International Days of Protest. The letter includes the schedule of events that were planned by…

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