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Civil Rights Movement Between 1970 And 1970

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On a Friday, sitting next to the Victory Bell on the commons of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, there were one thousand young students giving a nonviolent protest about the Vietnam War currently being fought by US troops. This particular protest didn’t differ from any of the other universities’ protests, but when Saturday night came, some twenty-five protesters set the ROTC building ablaze. These twenty-five did this to start a movement for civil rights in America. This was the beginning of the defining year of the USA: 1970.
The year 1970 has changed the way that young Americans have looked at civil rights and is the most defining year of the twentieth century. America had restated rights to assemble and protest, and enforced the right …show more content…

The choice to use military force against its citizens was in retrospect an over reaction. The United States needed to mess up to realize how far from the ideals of the constitution the people had strayed. Changes were needed to secure many and reinforce the US Citizen 's basic first amendment rights to assemble, their right to speak, their right to protest, their right to have an opinion, and the citizen 's right to be apart of what the government is doing. The massacre at Kent State University started off as a peaceful weekend protest. It began on May first, 1970; five hundred students gathered on the grassy commons of the university. Their goal was to protest the United State’s involvement in both Cambodia and Vietnam. The students held a peaceful protest for the morning and then went to class at one in the …show more content…

The Vietnam War was a highlight in the news around the seventies. It was the reason for the protests and demonstrations held by veterans and college students, The War was the center of controversy that sparked up a lot of interest from the people. The people had strong opinions towards the draft, the war, and the way that soldiers were treated on their return to the states.
Vietnam was a war that many US citizens saw as an unnecessary war with a very high casualty rate. Vietnam was very gruesome and took half a million lives. These lives consisted of men that were drafted into the war by the Selective Services. These lives were mainly of a minority, or of lower social class.
Protesters were against the draft because of the unfair rules. The people that had to go to war had no reason not to; they had no school to attend and no money to pay for a school. This was usually the poor and the minorities with less opportunity to become anything but poor. The drafted soldiers mainly consisted of men from 18-21 years of age. This is the age that also didn’t have a vote towards what the government was

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Vuong Thanh’s Father And His Journey To Australia The Vietnam war started in 1962 and ended in 1975. The communists took over Vietnam and made life harder for Vietnamese people to follow their traditions and religion. Lots of families were badly affected in the Vietnam war and many of them were killed during that time. People in Vietnam had to flee because they were Being treated badly by the communist and didn’t feel respected. m of making decisions for their own lives.

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Political actions taken by the United States in regards to the Vietnam War caused an uproar of controversy in the 1960’s. The city of Madison, Wisconsin became grounds for mass protests against the Vietnam War. Over one million lives were lost in the 20 years of war. Many protested these tragedies at the Capitol in Madison. While their protests were seemingly peaceful and respectful, the retaliation was not.

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The documentary, “Sir! No Sir”!, directed by David Zeiger, is about an anti-war movement of G.I.’s or American soldiers who were against the Vietnam War. It was a movement no one saw coming. In the early 1960’s, the United States had sent combat troops to South Vietnam for the purpose of defending South Vietnam against the communist North Vietnam and to spread Democracy. While in combat many soldiers realized that what they were doing was wrong.

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There were many changes that occurred in the 1960’s in specifically in the goals, strategies, and support of the movement for African American civil rights. While the movement started as peaceful, as the years went along,

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America began directing troops to Vietnam and that started the casualties. Protests were held all over the world against the world, although it wouldn’t do much. After the war ended, the soldiers that survived came home. Soldiers were diagnosed and suffered from disorders and illnesses such as PTSD or depression. The war never ended for those

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College Students began to protest the morality of the draft that was in place and the massive loss of American life. The most famous protest was the Kent State Protest (1970) were four students were shot and killed by National Guardsmen. These liberal college students would create the base of the anti-war movement; however, by the end of the Vietnam war (1973) the Counter Culture movement had faded away but its far left ideology had been absorbed by the mainstream media, further polarizing the United States political

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The Vietnam War was tragic for everybody in it and around it. The Vietnam War was long and costly. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the war. Soldiers that either volunteered or were drafted, 1 out of 10 soldiers were injured or killed during Vietnam. 11,000 were woman and some were nurses, but some were translators, flight controllers and military bandleaders.

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The Vietnam War can be a sensitive topic for almost everybody that you have a conversation with, but why is this subject so sensitive? This is a sensitive topic because there was always mixed feeling about the war. In the beginning of the war there was a majority of support, but during the war the mindset of the people of the United States drastically changed. People that supported the war were suddenly protesting why we were in Vietnam.

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People all over the globe were standing up for their selves and for what they believe was the right thing to do. Many loss their lives in these movements, but no death impacted their country like the death on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4th in Memphis, Tennessee. King was conducting a movement for underpay Black garbage collectors when he was shot by a white assassin. The events that follow the tragedy were just horrendous, riots took over the ghettos all over the country that’s how important and powerful Marin Luther King was, he might have been more important to the American People than the President himself. The 1960s was the definition of American

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The Speaker Series events, “The Charleston Massacre and the History of Racial Violence in America: A Panel Discussion,” “Capitalism vs. Reality,” “The Importance of Non-Violent Protests to Oppose Racial Injustice in Ferguson,” and “MARCH: The Struggle for Racial Equality and Social Justice 1965/2015” detailed the history of racial and economic discrimination against minorities, while also, noting the need and importance of citizens supporting social movements that aim to establish social equality. The Speaker Series events stressed the importance of minorities overcoming adversity and establishing safe spaces within their communities and societies, as a whole, where they can not only prosper, but also contribute to and better society. Each lecture stressed the need for engaged citizenship in order to promote social awareness and change. Furthermore, the lectures ensured that those attending

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Wealthy Americans could obtain deferments or avoid the draft altogether, either by enrolling in college or seeking medical exemptions. This led to resentment among working-class and poor Americans, who were more likely to be drafted and sent to fight in Vietnam. " The Kids(protesters) are putting us in, and the papers are putting us in; Lindsay is out advocating rebellion." Middle class(Vietnam protesters, College students):, Primarily, the middle class led the protests; anti-war protests also revealed class divisions. Many leading anti-war activists were middle-class or upper-middle-class students and intellectuals who could participate in protests and engage in civil disobedience without fear of losing their jobs or going to jail.

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The Vietnam War was a war the United States should have never been involved in. The “Domino Theory” was a direct cause of the war. The war resulted in much death; innocent civilians and young Americans were killed. The Vietnam war also resulted in rioting, distrust for the United States government, and the loss of many lives. 58,000 Americans were killed and 300,000 were wounded.

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The Vietnam War lasted for 20 years (1955-1975), more than 2 million lives were lost. 3 million people were wounded, and thousands of children were left orphans. The war destroyed both North and South Vietnam. In my opinion, war is, unnecessary and useless.

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Vietnam War The Vietnam war is and interesting war that was caused by a major problem but soon later on got solved by force. It is important to know the history of this war and learn from your mistakes even if you think it was right or wrong. The Vietnam war can be studied according to professors including: causes of the war, major people, major battles, and the effect of the war. Causes Of The War Some causes of the war was the fact that the north of vietnam was communist supported by the Soviet Union and China. The south was “free”, supported by by U.S(even though they didn't join the war until later).

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That wasn't the only problem though, most of the troopers that got drafted didn't want to be in this war against North Vietnam. The song " I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag", sung by Country Joe and the Fish is an honorable example of how the citizens were feeling during the time of war. This song was created based on how the American citizens viewed the Vietnam war. The loved ones of the general population were being drafted and dying for a complication that the government tried to fix. The purpose of this song was to make it clear to the government what was actually happening in the eyes of the public.

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