Anti-Violence
New Age of Peace
Protesters
Protests were held all over the world in opposition to the Vietnam war. Sometimes the protests were peaceful, like the one above.
Kent State
This anti-war protest was held at Kent State University. One of the protests at Kent State became violent and four people died in the crowd of protesters.
Discriminatory United States
Many African American men did not feel it was right for them to have to participate in a war when their own country did not recognize them as equals.
Peace and Love not War
The peace sign was the trademark of the anti-war movement. Protesters threw up the peace sign to demonstrate their feelings on war.
Objectors
Some men refused to go to war and decided to take jail time instead.
Doves
People who opposed war were called doves. This picture displays a anti-war dove placing a "peaceful" flower in the guard's gun.
Woodstock
Jimi Hendrix was an anti-war movement advocate. Woodstock was an anti-war musical festival that happened in 1969 in Bethel, New York.
John Lennon
Imagine by John Lennon was an anti war song that promoted peace and love in the world.
United
An anti-war flag was raised during a protest in Washington D.C. It promoted peace in the United States and represents equality.
Facts
- An ROTC building at Kent State University in Ohio, was burned down by protesters. After the National Guardsmen were sent to the university there was an altercation between student protesters and the guards. Twenty-eight guardsmen opened fire into the crowd and four student protesters died.
- In Washington D.C. 1967, 100,000 people gathered to protest the Vietnam War. Over 50,000 of the protesters marched to the Pentagon to protest.
- In 1959, the Students for a Democratic Society was founded. They formed "teach-in rallies, that eventually led to protest marches.
- In August of 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Festival was held in Upstate New York on a farm. 400,000 people attended and Woodstock became a symbol of anti-war in the United States.
- Arkansas senator J. William Fulbright, published The Arrogance of Power, in 1966, which was an antiwar and anti-Johnson book. He also participated in several televised hearings in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and spoke out about his opposition to war.
Why did I choose this subject?
I chose the anti-war movement because it is relatable to what is happening today. The United States is going to enter another war that resembles the Vietnam War. The United States backs the Syrian rebels that are fighting for democracy in Syria. Some people believe we have no business being in Syria, others believe we do. When we enter the war there will be a strong anti-war movement.