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The Vietnam War: A Year of Escalation and Protest
How 1967 became the year the Vietnam War grew larger and more contested: rising US troop numbers, bombing, a military stalemate and a deepening backlash at home.
War, Protest and Politics
Vietnam War and Protest
The escalating war and the movements that opposed it.
1967: A Year of Protests and Change
A quick survey of the main protest currents of 1967, from US antiwar marches to Berlin, Tokyo and Europe, and which famous upheavals actually came in 1968.
1967: A Year of Social Change and Protest
How protest in 1967 connected to wider social change, from the Summer of Love and Black Power after Newark and Detroit to the Loving v. Virginia ruling.
Martin Luther King Beyond Vietnam Speech
Martin Luther King's April 1967 Riverside Church address, in which he publicly opposed the Vietnam War, and the criticism and support that followed.
Muhammad Ali Refuses Induction in April 1967
On 28 April 1967 Muhammad Ali refused to step forward for army induction in Houston, lost his title and boxing licence, and fought the case until 1971.
The 1967 Anti-War Movement: A Year of Protests
The antiwar movement's spring peak: the Spring Mobilization of 15 April 1967 in New York and San Francisco, its organisers, and the disputed turnout figures.
The 1967 Anti-War Movement: A Year of Protests and Activism
How the antiwar movement moved from protest to resistance in autumn 1967: Stop the Draft Week in Oakland, draft card turn-ins and the Dow protest at Madison.
The 1967 March on the Pentagon: A Year of Protest and Activism
The October 1967 march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon: the crowds, the standoff with soldiers, the arrests and Norman Mailer's account of the day.
The 1967 March on the Pentagon: A Year of Protest and Resistance
The Pentagon confrontation of 21-22 October 1967 as an event: the Lincoln Memorial rally, the crossing to the Pentagon steps, the arrests, Mailer and Hoffman.
The 1967 Protests in Berlin: A Year of Student Activism
How demonstrations against the Shah of Iran's visit to West Berlin in June 1967, and the fatal shooting of Benno Ohnesorg, radicalised German student politics.
The 1967 Protests in the United States Against the Vietnam War
A survey of American opposition to the Vietnam War in 1967: the April mobilisation marches, draft resistance, campus clashes, Ali's stand and shifting opinion.
The Anti-War Movement Gains Momentum in 1967
How an antiwar coalition came together in 1967: church, pacifist, civil rights and student groups, King, Spock and Clergy and Laymen Concerned, and the tactical splits.
The Anti-War Movement: A Growing Force in 1967
Public opinion polls and the antiwar movement in 1967: Gallup's question on whether the war was a mistake, the shift since 1965, and why protesters stayed unpopular.
The Anti-War Movement: Protests and Demonstrations
The main antiwar tactics of the 1960s and who used them: teach-ins, marches, vigils, civil disobedience, draft resistance and the moratoriums that followed.
The Anti-War Movement: Protests and Demonstrations in 1967
Antiwar demonstrations outside the United States in 1967: London, Berlin, Tokyo and Australia, plus the Russell Tribunal sessions in Stockholm and Roskilde.
The Impact of the Vietnam War on American Society
The Vietnam home front in 1967: unequal draft burdens, inflation and Great Society trade-offs, the credibility gap, and a divided public mood.
The Politics of 1967: A Year of Protest and Activism
How protest turned into electoral politics in 1967: the Dump Johnson effort, the New Politics convention in Chicago, and the road to the 1968 primaries.
The Rise of the New Left: 1967 and the Anti-War Movement
The ideas and organisations of the American New Left, including Students for a Democratic Society, and the 1967 split between reform and radical resistance.
The Student Movement: A Global Phenomenon in 1967
A worldwide look at student activism in 1967, from Berlin, Turin and London to Tokyo, Prague and Latin America, as the build-up to the upheavals of 1968.
The Vietnam War Protests: A Year of Anti-War Activism
Veterans and servicemember voices in 1967: the founding of Vietnam Veterans Against the War in April, early soldier dissent, and how veterans were seen.
The Vietnam War: A 1967 Perspective from the Front Lines
What the war looked like to the soldiers fighting it in 1967: combat, draftees, one-year tours, daily life and operations such as Cedar Falls and Junction City.
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Civil Rights and Unrest Race, poverty and violence in America in and around 1967. Middle East and World Events War, revolution and upheaval beyond the United States. American Politics and Government Washington, the courts and elections in 1967 and 1968. Vietnam War Battles and Decisions Operations, commanders and turning points from 1967 to early 1968. Europe, Africa and Asia in 1967 Coups, wars and diplomacy outside the Middle East and Vietnam. France and Paris Opposition to de Gaulle and the Paris student scene before May 1968. Protest Behind the Iron Curtain Dissent in Poland, Hungary and the Soviet Union around 1967. Protest in Asia and the Pacific Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney during the Vietnam War years. The Detroit Riot of 1967 Causes, events and aftermath of the largest American riot of 1967. Civil Rights Law and Immigration What Congress actually passed in the 1960s, and what it did not pass in 1967. Northern Cities in Unrest New York and Chicago during the long hot summers of the 1960s. Political Killings of the 1960s Assassinations that shaped American politics before and after 1967. Cultural Revolution and Hong Kong China in 1967 and the unrest in British Hong Kong. Middle East War 1967 The June 1967 war on its fronts and what it changed for Egypt, Syria, Israel and the Palestinians.