1. D A N N Y L I N E L L A N D D E R E K B E R T O L I N I
Non-violent protests during the
Vietnam War (1964-1973)

2. Previous Influence
 Civil Right’s Movement had been in full force
 Many forms of Non Violent protest were used
 Students protesting Vietnam got many of their ideas
and were greatly influenced by people such as Martin
Luther King
 Marches during the Civil Right’s Movement:
Birmingham gave students belief that they CAN
make a difference

3. Why Were People so Unsupportive of The War?
 As war dragged on, so did body count
 People began to disapprove for the war more and
more
 Especially upset about use of chemical weapons and
devastating effects the war was taking on the youth
of the nation
 US began being compared to Nazis
 Government lied about death toll and progress being
made
 Lost public support for war quickly

4. The Changing 60’s
 Student enrollment in schools and universities
increased dramatically
 An era of a much more knowledgeable and aware
youth
 “New Left” Era activists, protesters, and people
wanting change

5. “Hey, Hey, LBJ. How Many Kids Did You Kill
today?”
 President Johnson recruits kids for participation in
the war. (aka DRAFT)
 Sparked great deal of opposition and anger
 Students felt they did not have to participate in a war
they did not feel was justified or morally right

6. Opposition to LBJ

7. Burning Draft Cards
 Draft Cards were publically burnt to express
opposition to the draft.
 Government responded by making it illegal to
destroy draft certificates.
 Public responded: United States v. O'Brien
 Argued that prohibiting burning draft cards, violated
a man’s freedom of speech for he was symbolically
expressing himself
 Law was not overturned; however, it ignited public
awareness in the matter

8. Opposition to War through Advertisements

9. Chicago University

10. National Moratorium March
 National March with aims to end the war
 Attracted over 500,000 supporters
 Form of Non-Violent approach: marched in single
file line down Pennsylvania Avenue.
 Called out names of dead soldiers as they marched
 Marched all the way to the White House
 Gained publicity and national attention

11. Extreme Non Violent Techniques
1965
 Norman Morrison
 Pacifist
 Burned himself to death in public in resentment to
the war
 Wanted to take a strong stand and attract support in
opposition to the war
 Two others soon followed him in the form of protest

12. Non Violent Protests through Music, Drugs, and
Love
 Counter Culture
 Hippies evolved; rejected American values—
particularly Vietnam
 Drugs, especially hallucinogenic, became a
prominent part of the counterculture
 Way of expressing a free, nonviolent part of
themselves

13. Woodstock Music Festival
 Attracted Hundreds of Thousand from around the
world
 1969; White Lake, New York
 Festival About Much More than Just Music: National
Movement For Peace
 Woodstock used music as an expression of their
feelings, they spoke their rejection and opposition
through the music.

14. 3 Days of Peace and Music

15. How Non-Violent Was Woodstock?
 Over 500,000 people attended and no major fights
broke out
 Two babies were born over the three day span
 Everyone came together as one
 Mutual feeling that people had enough of war and
just wanted peace

16. Country Joe And The Fish - Vietnam Song
Lyrics
 Chorus:
 “And it's one, two, three,What are we fighting for
?Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,Next stop is
Vietnam;And it's five, six, seven,Open up the pearly
gates,Well there ain't no time to wonder
why,Whoopee! we're all gonna die”

17. Woodstock

18. Non Violent Vietnam Recap
 Non Violence came in forms of:
 Student Protests
 Music, Drugs, Expression
 Marches
 Suicide
 Advertisements
 All in All, Public rejection and protests towards
activity in Vietnam played a grave role in our
retraction from Vietnam

19. THE END

20. Bibliography
 Bibliography
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