Civil Rights Movement Documents
Vietnam War, Anti-Draft, & GI Movement: 1964-1972

Contents:

Opposition to the Vietnam War
Resistance to the Military Draft
G.I. Resistance & G.I. Movement

Opposition to the Vietnam War

1963 Vietnam Student Peace Union (SPU) article. Unsigned. April 1964 (pages missing)
1964Mr. and Mrs. Voter open letter to the president. Unsigned Ad-Hoc Vietnam Peace Committee. Undated 1964 (probably summer or early fall)
1965?Vietnam, unsigned JOIN. Pamphlet describing Vietnam and the Vietnam War. Undated (possibly 1965). 10 pages
1965Dear Friend (call for multi-organization discussions/workshops in DC), March 1965. Unsigned (possibly SNCC, SSOC, MFDP)
1965 An Outline History of Viet Nam. Unsigned Committe to End the War in Viet Nam (Madison WI). 3/30/65. 15 pages.
1965National Student March Against the War, SDS, Washington DC, April 1965

A Call to Students, March on Washington to End the War in Vietnam. SDS.

National gathering of students in Washington DC., Nancy Cooper, SNCC. April 8

Statement on Student March on Washington (SDS-organized march opposing the Vietnam War), Bayard Rustin, Norman Thomas and others, April 16

What You Can Do, March Against the Vietnam War. Washington DC. SDS.

Agenda & Petition, March Against the Vietnam War. Washington DC. SDS.

Against the Vietnam War, speech by Paul Potter, SDS at mass protest in Washington DC. April 17

Memorandum (challenging Rustin-Thomas statement), Gardner Cox, Anne Farnsworth, Martin Peretz, April 27

1965?The War in Vietnam, historical background to the war. Multiple authors. May 2 1965?. 6 documents plus bibliography
1965   McComb MFDP Statement Against the Vietnam War, July 1965
1965 MFDP and Viet Nam, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. July 31 1965
1965Working draft of speech on Vietnam and U.S. imperialism, Unsigned, SNCC. Undated 1965
1965   Dr. King's Statement on Vietnam, August 1965.
1965Assembly of Unrepresented People, Washington DC, August 6-9

Letter to Lucy Montgomery re funds for Assembly of Unrepresented People (AUP), A.J. Muste, CNVA. 7/13/65. Anti-Vietnam War gathering.

We Declare Peace, Call for an Assembly of Unrepresented People (AUP). Washington DC August 6-9, 1965. Bob Parris, Eric Weinberger, many others. (Early mimeod version)

Call for an Assembly of Unrepresented People, Washington, DC, August 6-9. Bob Parris (Moses) SNCC, Eric Weinberger CORE. (Later printed version)

What's Wrong With the War in Vietnam? Donna Allen & Al Uhrie, distributed by SSOC

1965 The Coordinator, W.E.B. DuBois Club (SoCal) newsletter focusing on Anti-Vietnam coaltion. Undated (possibly September 1965)
1965 Report to contributors, A.J. Muste & J. Barton Harrison, CCCO. Fall '65
1965October 15-16 Days of International Protest Vietnam Day Committee (VDC) and International Days of Protest Committee (2 documents).
1965 Draft speech about media failures to accurately report about the Vietnam War and U.S. foreign policy, Unsigned, SNCC. Undated (apparently winter 1965)
1965 Carl Oglesby Speech, March on Washington to End the Vietnam War. 11/27/65.
1965 Letter to Alcia Kaplow re SNCC's position on Vietnam and the draft. Margaret, SNCC. 12/1/65.
65-68Miscellaneous anti-war newsletters & outreach documents, various authors & organizations. (9 documents)
1966 SNCC's First Public Statement on Vietnam, January 1966
1966Anti-war flyers & document, 1966 (3 documents)
1966 Statement of Julian Bond on being denied his seat in the Georgia Legislature, January 10 1966.
1966 Georgia Legislature Refuses to Seat Freedom Worker, (Julian Bond) re Vietnam War opposition. Unsigned, SNCC. January 11, 1966
1966 SNCC Does Not Speak for the Whole Movement, Roy Wilkins, NAACP. L.A. Times, January 17 1966
1966? The Enemy is Racism: Why Am I in Vietnam? Unsigned, undated, organization unknown.
1966?Thoughts on the Next Steps at Wisconsin (re anti-Vietnam War efforts) and creation of community, 1966, by Williams. Undated (possibly first half of 1966)
65? 66? A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority, re Vietnam War and military draft. Unsigned. Undated (possibly 1966 or 1967).
65? 66? 67? The Legal 'Posture' of Resistance to American Intervention in Vietnam Unsigned. Undated (possibly 1965, '66 or '67)
1966? Dear Friends letter about Fulbright hearings and opposition to the Vietnam War, Robert Cleland, Chicago SANE
66? 67? The Real Demands, Unsigned, Afro-Americans Against the War in Vietnam (AAAWV). Undated (possibly 1966 or '67)
66? 67? This Country Has Gone Mad, Donna Allen, Al Uhrie. Undated (possibly 1966 or 1967)
1966 Report on Results of Voters for Peace Poll, Karen Sue Dayno, VFP Chicago, IL. April 1966
1966 Proposed Vietnam War debate rules & procedures, L.T. Wylie Citizens Committee, April 15, 1966
1966 Letter & information challenging legality of and facts about Vietnam War, by L.T. Wyly. 4/28/66
1966 Dear Tom, letter from Laura Foner to Tom Canterbury re SNCC White Folks Project and anti-Vietnam War work. 7/21/66
1967Miscellaneous Anti-Vietnam War, various authors & organizations. 1967. (35 documents)
1967Two anti-war poems, unsigned. Undated 1967.
1967Spring/National Mobilization Against the War in Vietnam.
New York City April — Washington DC, Pentagon, October

Mobilization internal documents (39 documents)

Mobilization organizing and education materials (25 documents)

Student Mobilization materials and documents (6 documents)

Mobilization newsletters (4 newsletters)

Mobilization press releases (2 releases)

Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence, Martin Luther King. Riverside Church speech, April 1967.

King-Powell-Malcolm on Vietnam, march flyer (NYC), Unsigned Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee. April 15 1967

Address to Anti-War Marchers, Martin Luther King, April 1967.

1967Vietnam, 20-page illustrated pamphlet by Julian Bond, SNCC. Drawings by T.G. Lewis
1967Documents: National Mobilization Against the Vietnam War. 1967. (22 documents)
1967Spring Mobilization direct action documents, New York City. Various authors. Summer 1967. (6 documents)
1967Montreal Expo '67, Anti-Vietnam War Protest, various authors & organizations. (7 documents)
1967Planning maps for Pentagon protest Bruce Hartford, National Mobilization. July-August 1967.
1968 You Cannot Have Wars Without Women, Betty Meredith, Frances Steadman, Jannette Rankin Brigade. January 8, 1968.
1968 Dean Rusk Comes to San Francisco, report by Bruce Hartford. January 1968 protest outside Fairmont Hotel.
1968 Institute for the Study of Nonviolence, summer sessions 1968. Carmel California.
1969Vietnam: A Thousand Years of Struggle. Terry Cannon, People's Press pamphlet on Vietnam's history of struggle for independence. 1969. 52 pages.
1969 Bring the War Home! Chicago October 11. Brochure. Unsigned SDS
6/69 Vietnam and the Pacific Rim Strategy, Peter Wiley, REP. June 1969 (19 pages)
10/17/69 Is the Anti-War Movement Anti-Imperialist? Forum flyer. Dan Siegel, Alex Forman, Barry David. San Francisco. 10/17/69
5/70 Flyer: National Student Strike opposing Vietnam War & supporting Black Panthers, Unsigned NSS. Undated (possibly May 1970)
2/71 Why We Protest, anti-Vietnam War flyer. National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC), Student Mobilization Committee (SMC). Undated (possibly Feb. 1971)

Resistance to the Military Draft

1965 SDS -- Or the Draft?, unsigned Los Angeles SDS. Undated (possibly 1965)
65? 66? Smash the Draft, April 26. Unsigned S.F. State Draft Resistance Union (SDS). Undated April 26, (possibly 1965 or 1966)
65? 66?SNCC: Rights Fight is Alternative to Draft, Unsigned, SNCC. Undated (possibly 1965 or 1966)
65? 66? A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority, re Vietnam War and military draft. Unsigned. Undated (possibly 1966 or 1967).
65? 66? 67? The Legal 'Posture' of Resistance to American Intervention in Vietnam Unsigned. Undated (possibly 1965, '66 or '67)
1966 Call for an Examination of Conscience, protest flyer against the "Vietnam Exam." Unsigned SDS. May 1966.
1966 Proposal for a national Black anti-draft program, unsigned SNCC. August 9 1966
1966 SNCC: Report on Draft Program and SNCC: Report on Court Proceedings, August 1966. (Anti-Vietnam War draft resistance in Atlanta.)
1966 Have You Ever Been One Day Late? Shutz Defense Committee (Flyer protesting Simuel Schutz prison sentence in military-draft case.)
1966? Uncle Sam Wants YOU Nigger! SNCC. Undated (probably 1966)
1966 National Anti-Draft Program, Michael Simmons & Larry Fox, SNCC. November 28 1966
1966 Dear Bros and Sisters (report on anti-draft tour), Michael Simmons & Larry Fox, SNCC. November 28 1966
65-68Miscellaneous anti-draft documents (25 documents)
1967Selective Service System or the Manpower Channelers, Peter Henig. REP. SSOC publication. Undated 1967
1967 Seven SNCC Workers Indicted, Unsigned SNCC. March 7 1967
1967Documents: Draft Resistance National Mobilization Committee, Draft Resistance Project. 1967. (7 documents)
1967Let the Man Know Hell No We Won't Go, Washington DC rally flyer, Unsigned (probably Howard University student group). May 8 1967
1967 Black Men and the Draft, Cleveland Sellers, SNCC. June 8 1967
1967? Hey Brother Want to Die for Whitey in Vietnam? Unsigned Black Anti-Draft
1967Stop the Draft Week, October 1967. (16 documents)
1967The Days We Seized the Streets in Oakland, Stop the Draft Week, October 1967. The Movement newspaper. 11/67. 16 pages.
11/67 Dear Lenny & Co. letter from Bruce Hartford discussing Stop the Draft Week tactics comparing Oakaland to NYC
11/67 Note to Bruce Hartford from Lenny about anti-war and draft resistance in NYC
1967The Resistance: newsletters, 1967. (10 documents)
1967The Resistance: organizing materials, Fall 1967. (12 documents)
1967Beyond Prayers to an Unjust King, unsigned New York City Resistance statement. Fall 1967. 6 pages
1967 Resist the War & the Draft, Defend Pvt. Ron Lockman, protest at S.F. Presidio. Unsigned. November 12, 1967
67? 68?Civil Rights Handbook: The New Draft Law, National Lawyers Guild (NLG). Undated (probably 1967)
1968 The Resistance: organizing materials. 1968. (13 documents)
1968 The Resistance: newsletters, 1968 (4 documents)
1968 Questions and Answers on Prison Life, John Phillips, CADRE. Undated (possibly 1968).
1968? For Us Women anti-war, anti-draft flyer. Gwen Patton, National Black Anti-War Anti-Draft Union. Undated (probably 1968)
Undated  Charlie Cobb's Draft Physical
Undated Preston King vs Draft Board Racism
Undated Roy Shields & the Draft Physical

G.I. Resistance & G.I. Movement

1967Dear Friends, news from Committee to Defend the Rights of PFC Howard Petrick. (Army soldier who expressed opposition to the Vietnan War.) July 3, 1967
1967Report, Committee to Defend the Rights of Pfc. Howard Petrick. 7/3/67. Re soldier facing court martial for speaking against the Vietnam War
Fall '67 Whata ya say Bruce?, Letter from Josh Gould to Bruce Hartford re organizing G.I. against the Vietnam War
1967Resist the War & the Draft, Defend Pvt. Ron Lockman, protest at S.F. Presidio. Unsigned. November 12, 1967
1968The Nine For Peace, re nine GIs who refused to fight in Vietnam. Undated (possibly June or July 1968)
1970 Return to Fort Dix flyer. Fort Dix Coffeehouse, Philadelphia Resistance
1972?Retraction memo, unsigned United States Servicemen's Fund (USSF). Undated (probably January 1972)
71-72?SOS Newsletters. Support Our Soldiers. Undated (may not be in chronological order). (8 documents)
1973Are You a Gung-Ho Marine? Draft article. Judah Hill, "Semper Fi," Iwakuni Japan. Undated 1973
1973Are You a Gung-Ho Soldier? Pamphlet version. Judah Hill. Koza Peoples Center, Okinawa Japan. Undated 1973.
1975Bruce Hartford Interview re GI organizing in Asia, by Jerry West. 1975. 27 pages.

See also:

Vietnam War, Imperialism, & Military Draft documents re local activites outside the South.
Articles by Freedom Movement Veterans Opposing the Vietnam War & Military Draft
Vietnam War and the Assembly of Unrepresented People introduction & background information.
Vietnam War & Civil Rights Movement for web links.


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