HISTORY 40C Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Conscription, New Media, United States House Committee On The Judiciary
8 Jun 2016
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Media environment of the era (tv = abc, nbc, cbs) Model of civil rights mobilization inspires various kinds of popular protest. Military draft and inconclusive war turn young people toward political issues. Hearing about the assassination of martin luther king (dc) April 1967 martin luther king denounced the war in vietnam, supported draft evasion, and called for antiwar and civil rights movements to join together. Assassination of martin luther king (april 4, 1968) Protests begin in dc and spread to many cities. Flames came within 6 blocks of white house. Hearing about the assassination of robert kennedy (la) June, 1968, robert kennedy was assassinated after winning the. Victory might have made him an antiwar democratic candidate for president against nixon in 1968. Lyndon johnson who started vietnam war claims he wont run again. Democrat party splits between pro and antiwar segments. Nixon is elected and increases surveillance of campuses and wiretapping of antiwar and black power activists.
