Protests in the 1960’s

Julius Caesar

Acting 3

The Antiwar Movement of the 1960’s

Info About Antiwar Protests

http://library.thinkquest.org/27942/indexf.htm

This site includes pictures, a timeline, and a brief history of the antiwar protests.

Famous Anti War Quotes and Sayings Make love, not war

The chain reaction of evil--wars producing more wars -- must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.  Martin Luther King, Jr.

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.Lyndon B Johnson

Top 10 Most Famous Protest Songs 10. The Birds – Turn! Turn! Turn! 9. Bob Dylan- Blowin’ in the Wind 8. Donovan- The Universal Soldier 7. Sam Cooke- Change is Gonna Come 6. Phil Ochs- I Aint Marching Anymore 5. Mick Softley- The War Drags On 4. Joe Mcdonald -I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag 3. Joan Baez- With God on Our Side 2. Bob Dylan- Master of Wars 1. John Lennon- Give Peace a ChanceTo Hear the Songs: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-protest-songs-from-the-1960s.php

The Chicago Riots 1968 The 1968 Democratic National Convention had a significant amount of protest

activity. In 1967, protest groups had been promising to come to Chicago and disrupt the convention, and the city promised to maintain law and order. For eight days, protesters and police battled for control of the streets of Chicago, whilst the US Democratic Party met at the convention. Given the atmosphere in the International Amphitheater, one would not think it possible that a major conflict between Chicago police and protesters was taking place just a few miles away. Confrontation in the streets, however, had a greater impact than the seating of racially mixed delegates from southern states, credential and platform battles, and even the presidential nomination. -Wikipedia.org

Stonewall Protests 1967The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. They are frequently cited as the first instance in American history when people in the homosexual community fought back against a government-sponsored system that persecuted sexual minorities, and they have become the defining event that marked the start of the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.  

University Of Berkeley Protests http://sunsite.berkeley.e

du/calhistory/60s.html

On this day hundreds of UC Berkeley students congregated for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Thirty-one students were arrested – and the Free Speech Movement was born.

Vietnam War Protests

Work CitedPicture, slide 2: http://www.boomerslife.org/protests_rally_iran_neda_agha_soltan.htm

Picture, slide 4: http://www.andremauricepress.com/amp-blog/2011/1/17/remembering-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-beyond-vietnam.html

Picture, slide 5: http://sophrosyne.radical.r30.net/wordpress/?p=5600

Picture and paragraph, slide 7: http://www.bukisa.com/articles/332353_the-worst-riots-in-american-history and http://thumbsforhire.co.uk/?p=1328

Picture, Slide 9: http://news.haverford.edu/blogs/amongfriends/2008/12/20/25/

Picture 2, Slide 9: http://www.eskimo.com/~recall/bleed/0207.htm

Picture 3, Slide 9: http://newspundit.net/kerrysexscandal.html

Picture 4, Slide 9: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/vietnam-war-protest-1967