01:512:103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution, Operation Rolling Thunder, Economic Opportunity Act Of 1964
8 Nov 2016
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Groups in chicago tried helping ppl of uptown, formed jobs or income now (join) Join & other projects sponsored by students for a democratic society (sds) Wanted to give ppl control over decisions affecting their lives. Sds members believed injustice & inequality at home caused by destructive foreign policies: vietnam: america"s longest war. 1: students picketed/ boycotted stores that discriminated, mass protests mass arrests, new kind of protest: free-speech movement. Sds: leading student organization of the new left. War on poverty programs by lbj to break poverty cycle: the great society, op rolling thunder brought mass criticism at colleges, univ of michigan dow chem. Peace symbols, armed farces day, etc: aa fighting a white man"s war . Rk assassinated: mccarthy- mega antiwar, dems end up nominating hubert humphrey, supporter of vietnam, caused antiwar protestors to march on convention hall, becomes party nominee, dem convention.
