Unrest on American Campuses The Student Movement Unrest on American Campuses
I. The Student Movement A. SNCC-Student Non-violent Coordination Committee 1. Representative of students involved- combination of political and sexual revolutions B. Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Baby Boom [1964] 1. The Free Speech Campaign 1964-65 2. The Teach-In movement [U of Mich. 1965]
3. Change in Draft Laws [1966] a. Deferments –”dummy drafts” b. violence 4. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) a. Port Huron Statement [1962] 5. Election of Richard Nixon [1968] a. lottery
C. The Break-up of the Student Movement 1. Facilitated by end of war 2. Decline of SDS a. “The Weathermen” New Left b. The Counterculture c. Days of Rage 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention
The Mobilization of Minorities Native Americans 1. Unites States policy of “termination” 2. Assimilation a. assume all the responsibilities of citizenship 3. AIM (American Indian Movement) a. Alcatraz (1969-1971) b. Wounded Knee (1973)
Wounded Knee Alcatraz
Latinos Southwest U.S. a. United Farm Workers b. Cesar Chavez
Gay Liberation Stonewall Riots (NYC) a. Backlash