- unitid
-
{"value"=>"909631", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
-
{"value"=>"1966-1975", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1966/1975"}
- unittitle
-
{"value"=>"Vietnamese Conflict - Campus Protest"}
- bioghist
-
{"value"=>"<p>While Columbia students had been protesting U.S. involvement in Vietnam since 1966, organized activities reached their peak in spring 1970 with the call for a nationwide moratorium on April 15, as a result of Congress' expansion of the war into Cambodia. On May 4, 1970, a nationwide strike took place. Dr. Cordier and the Columbia Faculty Peace Action Committee supported the student demonstrations and endorsed the three national demands: end the war in Indochina, end political repression in the United States, and end the complicity of universities in war research. As a result of the National Guard's killing of four students at Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, the Columbia strike was extended and the University joined 350 other American colleges in support of the Kent State victims and to further bolster the three national demands. Students, as well as campus employees, supported by the administration and faculty, organized various anti-war protest activities during the ensuing months; thus numerous local and national issues contributed to the continuing student turbulence.</p>"}
- scopecontent
-
{"value"=>"<p>This subseries focuses on student and faculty protests against United States involvement in Vietnam, military recruiting on campus, Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, Columbia's relationship with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) research projects, draft resistance information, the anti-war moratoriums of April 15 and May 4, 1970, and finally, the student strike following the killing of four students at Kent State University by the National Guard. Most of the material is printed matter and includes news clippings and magazine articles, the student publication <span class=\"title\">Gadfly</span>, and flyers calling for rallies and other forms of protest sponsored by SDS and other campus organizations.</p>"}
- date_start
-
1966
- keydate
-
1966
- date_end
-
1975
- date_inclusive_start
-
1966
- date_inclusive_end
-
1975