1960s and Public Protests (Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam)

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    Violent Police Officers Disperse Protesters

    3,000 people gather at the Northern Carolina Draft Induction Center to protest against the draft and the war. 400 helmeted police officers violently disperse the protesters with clubs and chemical sprays
  • Vietnam Starts

    Vietnam officially starts
  • The First of Many

    One youth burns his draft card at a rally outside the Army Induction Center
  • 200 More

    Around 200 people participate in a demonstration against US policy in Vietnam
  • Students take Control of Administration Office Building

    About 350 University of Chicago students take control of the administration office building to protest university cooperation with the Selective Service System by supplying students' grades and class ranks
  • Ann Arbor

    39 University of Michigan students and faculty members sit in at the Ann Arbor draft board. All 39 were all arrested
  • "Unfair to the Black Man" and "Draft Beer, Not College Students"

    Draft director Lewis Hershey is jeered from the stage at a speaking engagement by 50 students who surrounded him with posters that say that the draft is "Unfair to the Black Man" and "Draft Beer, Not College Students"
  • Police Officers Violently Disperse Protesters

    3,000 people gather at the Northern Carolina Draft Induction Center to protest against the draft and the war. 400 helmeted police officers violently disperse the protesters with clubs and chemical sprays
  • 10 People Burn Draft Cards

    10 more people burn their draft cards at a six hour rally attended by 1,000 people in support of Adam Clayton on the steps of the Capital
  • Vietnam Ends

    Vietnam officially ends