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Voices on the homefront during Vietnam
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On the Homefront
African Americans, Hispanics, and lower class people served and suffered disproportionately in the war
April 15, 1967: 125,000 gather in New York City to protest the war; 75,000 gather in San Francisco
50,000
An estimated 30,000 American dodged the draft by fleeing to Canada; another 20,000 fled within the United States
Norman Morrison—Baltimore Quaker who immolates himself in protest of the Vietnam War, November 1965
“I think having Emily with him was a final and great comfort to Norman,"..."And she was a powerful symbol
of the children we were killing with our bombs and napalm-who didn't have parents to hold them in their
arms.”Anne Welsh, Norman Morrison’s widow
Meldon Levine, Harvard law student in an address to parents and alumni
“The streets of our country are in turmoil. The universities are filled with students rebelling
and rioting. Communists are seeking to destroy our country. Russia is threatening us
with her might. And the republic is in danger. Yes! Danger from within and without. We need law and order! Without law and order
our nation cannot survive.”
Meldon Levine, Harvard law student in an address to parents and alumni
“These words were spoken in 1932 by Adolf Hitler.”
60s Music: Songs of Vietnam
Fortunate SonCredence Clearwater Revival
For What It’s WorthBuffalo Springfield
WarEdwin Starr
Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die RagBig Country Joe McDonald and the Fish
Lyndon Johnson Told the NationTom Paxton
What’s Going On?Marvin Gaye