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

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Tom Hayden discussing ERAP in an interview on March 29, 2015.

Tom Hayden discussing ERAP, its origins, and its effects.

Students listening to the teach-in about the Vietnam War in Angell Hall Auditorium

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Screenshots taken from a video of the 1965 teach-in.

U of M students at the 1965 teach-in

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Students gather to learn more about the Vietnam War at the 1965 teach-in.

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.

Faculty speakers at the 1965 U of M teach-in

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Speakers at the teach-in, including Professor Bill Gamson, sit on stage as they wait for their opportunity to teach the students and faculty in Angell Hall Auditorium.

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.

Professor Eric Wolf discusses the teach-in with a local news reporter

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Eric Wolf, a professor who organized the teach-in, talks to a Channel 7 reporter about the success of the teach-in.

Professor Bill Gamson speaks with a local news reporter about the teach-in/work moratorium

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Professor Bill Gamson speaks to a reporter about the original plan to implement a work moratorium.

Military research at the University of Michigan.

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An expose on military research at University of Michigan.

Bill Gamson at the Teach-in +50: War on the Planet

Professors organizing the disruption had to switch from a "work moratorium" to a "teach-in." "Disrupting business as usual", was a phrase reiterated by many professors as they reflected on the formation of the concept "teach-in."

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