https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2017-12-08 12:46:48 UTC 2023-02-18 15:05:48 UTC hello@padlet.com 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214460583 These were student protests at University of California at Berkley in 1964. The students were protesting for free speech because the school was restricting their rights. One student was even arrested for distributing Civil Rights literature. The movement launched massive sit-ins and protests that would help define a generation of student activism across the country. ]]> 2017-12-08 12:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214460583 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214464478 This group/movement was one of the main representations for the new left. It is student organization that flourished in the mid-to-late 1960s and was known for its activism against the Vietnam War. Of all the student activist organizations  in the United States during the 1960s, none had such a lasting impact on pop culture and politics as the SDS. It is still around today.]]> 2017-12-08 13:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214464478 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214467021 Martin Luther King Jr. was a very prominent leader of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960's. He was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. that evening. There were riots and tensions were high after he was killed.]]> 2017-12-08 13:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214467021 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214467961 During a protest at Kent State University the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War. Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured on May 4, 1970. Twenty-nine guardsmen fired approximately 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis. Some students who were shot weren't even participating in the protests.]]> 2017-12-08 13:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214467961 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214473224 Several burglars were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex of buildings in Washington, D.C. In 1974 Nixon had hired them to break into the Watergate complex. The Watergate complex was the Democratic Party's headquarters. He claimed that he didn't, but later resigned. ]]> 2017-12-08 13:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214473224 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214474412 Robert Francis Kennedy was killed on June 6, 1968 at 1:44 AM in the Ambassador Hotel. He was shot in the kitchen of his hotel room. RFK was JFK's younger brother. He was a US senator. ]]> 2017-12-08 13:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214474412 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214478818 Brown was the only school in the Ivy League that did not call the cops in the Vietnam era.  65 black students from Brown and Pembroke College walk out of class to occupy the Congdon St. Baptist Church for five days, in protest of the University's racist admission practices. The late 1960s were an era of major student-led change at Brown. In 1968, black students participated in a five-day demonstration to protest the University’s lack of support for students of color.]]> 2017-12-08 13:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214478818 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214480234 One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army. There was a treaty signed so there wouldn't be battle on the holiday, but the South Vietnamese Army and US were attacked despite the treaty. It was a really hard loss for the US. It caused a lot of issues back home. ]]> 2017-12-08 13:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214480234 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214988701 In 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets. This happened while the Democratic Party fell apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. Over the course of 24 hours, the predominant American line of thought on the Cold War with the Soviet Union was shattered.]]> 2017-12-11 13:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214988701 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214991807 The New Left was a radical leftist political movement active especially during the 1960s and 1970s. It was composed largely of college students and young intellectuals. Their goals included racial equality, de-escalation of the arms race, nonintervention in foreign affairs, and other major changes in the political, economic, social, and educational systems.]]> 2017-12-11 13:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/vjmpbtt6wgld/wish/214991807