Anti-War Movement 1965-72 at UM

Items

• Dow Doesn't Care About People
  Full page flyer advertising a protest event against Dow Chemical Company
• Football Today... Vietnam Tomorrow?
  Full page flyer advertising Ann Arbor Women for Peace and explaining what the group stands for. There are various quotes and cartoons on the page.
• The Draft is Unfair
  A four page article from The New York Times Magazine detailing the issues with the Selective Service Program
• Invitation to Protest from Faculty
  An invitation to a Vietnam protest organized by UM faculty with a schedule of events.
• The Teach-In Continues
  A full page ad in The New York Times advertising the National Teach-in in Washington D.C.
• An Editorial from The Michigan Daily
  An editorial letter praising the success of Teach-in and urging more action to keep the momentum of the movement.
• On strike! End the war!
  Article on the front page of The Michigan Daily encouraging students to participate in the nationwide class strike to end the war in Vietnam. It advocated that students boycott their classes and participate in workshops and discussion groups instead.
• The war, the phones and you
  Article on the front page on The Michigan Daily explaining how to participate in a phone call campaign called Project Overload to inundate the Pentagon with phone calls in order to support the nationwide class strike happening on college campuses.
• Bomb Scare: Threats Disrupt Teach-in
  Article on the front page of the Michigan Daily detailing threats against the Teach-in and it's participants, including a bomb scare
• The Michigan Daily Front Page, March 26, 1966
  Front page of The Michigan Daily on March 26, 1966. Note the three articles written about Vietnam protests, including draft card protests.
• 'U' Students To Turn In Cards In Day of Resistance Protest
  The Michigan Daily news article about University of Michigan students' plans to turn in draft cards.
• University Must Foster Concept Of Free Inquiry
  Ann Arbor News article responding to the Alternative Perspectives Conference held at the University of Michigan.
• Alternative Solutions for Vietnam; Sessions [Part 1]
  Audio in which Robert Parris's speech begins at 3 minutes 35 seconds. The speech concluded the Afternoon Session of the Alternative Perspectives on Vietnam Teach-In.
• Alternative Perspectives on Vietnam Announces a Teach-In Today
  Advertisement in the Michigan Daily for the Alternative Perspectives Conference held at the University of Michigan on September 17, 1965.
• Faculty Teach-In Begins Tonight
  Article on the front page of the Michigan Daily detailing the plan for the Teach-in and planned dissenters
• University Still Open–But Barely
  Article in The Post, Ohio University's student newspaper describing the state of the university after the student occupation of the library and firebombing of the commons.
• The anti-Vietnam agitation and the teach-in-movement: the problem of Communist infiltration and exploitation; a staff study.
  Report that details the subcommittee's assertion that Communists are exploiting the teach-in movement and other forms of Anti-Vietnam resistance in the United States to pursue a Communist agenda.
• Call to Action from the Union for National Draft Opposition
  Document describing a call to action for Women at Smith college to write letters to the draft boards asking for being denied "the right to register for the draft" alongside a description of the UNDO's purpose and activities at Smith College.
• A FBI Memorandum: Letter from "An Angry Black Brother"
  Memorandum from the Detroit field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the sending of an anonymous letter to members of the Black Panther Party and Students for a Democratic Society as part of the counterintelligence program COINTELPRO.
• The Last Resort
  Editorial and political cartoon in the Michigan Daily.
• Turning In Draft Card at Quaker Center
  Photograph of University of Michigan students turning in their draft cards at the Quaker Center on December 12, 1967.
• Burnt Student Draft Card
  Photograph of a University of Michigan student burning his draft card.
• Student Takeover of ROTC Building, 1969 019
  Photograph of University of Michigan students taking over the Reserve Officer' Training Corps building on September 15, 1969.
• Student Takeover of ROTC Building, 1969 005
  Photograph of University of Michigan students taking over the Reserve Officer' Training Corp building on September 15, 1969.
• ROTC Building Bombing, 1969 030
  Photograph of the damage to the ROTC building on June 2, 1969. The previous day a bomb had been placed under a car outside the building and exploded late at night.