They marched by the thousands, on campuses from coast to coast. At different times they chose different targets: the Pentagon, Presidents Nixon and Johnson, the draft, Dow Chemical. But the students all acted from a common belief that the Vietnam War was wrong. As that conflict escalated, the protests grew in strength, and some turned violent. Students, government officials, labor unions, church groups and middle class families increasingly opposed the war as it climaxed in 1968. They also triggered a backlash.
Daniel Weimer recently earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University, with a concentration in environmental law. Prior to working in the legal field, he was a professor of history at then Wheeling Jesuit University. He is the author of multiple publications on U.S. foreign policy and drug control.
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