On the Homefront

African Americans, Hispanics, and lower class people served and suffered disproportionately in the war

April 15, 1967: 125,000 gather in New York City to protest the war; 75,000 gather in San Francisco

50,000

An estimated 30,000 American dodged the draft by fleeing to Canada; another 20,000 fled within the United States

Norman Morrison—Baltimore Quaker who immolates himself in protest of the Vietnam War, November 1965

“I think having Emily with him was a final and great comfort to Norman,"..."And she was a powerful symbol

of the children we were killing with our bombs and napalm-who didn't have parents to hold them in their

arms.”Anne Welsh, Norman Morrison’s widow

Meldon Levine, Harvard law student in an address to parents and alumni

“The streets of our country are in turmoil. The universities are filled with students rebelling

and rioting. Communists are seeking to destroy our country. Russia is threatening us

with her might. And the republic is in danger. Yes! Danger from within and without. We need law and order! Without law and order

our nation cannot survive.”

Meldon Levine, Harvard law student in an address to parents and alumni

“These words were spoken in 1932 by Adolf Hitler.”

60s Music: Songs of Vietnam

Fortunate SonCredence Clearwater Revival

For What It’s WorthBuffalo Springfield

WarEdwin Starr

Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die RagBig Country Joe McDonald and the Fish

Lyndon Johnson Told the NationTom Paxton

What’s Going On?Marvin Gaye