Vietnam Draft Riots

Historian Yohuru Williams takes a look back at protests during the Vietnam War HISTORY Newsletter. A need for more manpower upon America's deeper involvement in the Vietnam war in 1965 made President Johnson bring in. In December 1969 the United States Selective Service conducted its first draft lottery since World War II fueling a nationwide.

As opposition to the Vietnam War grew protests erupted in communities and college campuses across the United States In May. The documentary tells the story of American conscientious objectors The fates of those courageous young Americans who. Missing from history books is a key moment in America's culture wars It took place in 1970 and later came to be known as the.

Before 1967 most uwmadison students supported the Vietnam War The violent police response to anti-Dow Chemical.