Non-violent protests played a major role in opposing the Vietnam War from 1964-1973. The Civil Rights movement influenced students to use tactics like marches. As the war dragged on and the death toll rose, public opposition increased due to the use of chemical weapons and impact on American youth. The growing student population became more politically active. Protests included burning draft cards, advertisements, and the massive 1969 Moratorium March in Washington D.C. Music festivals like Woodstock promoted a message of peace and rejection of the war through songs and culture. Overall, widespread non-violent public rejection and protest were important factors in the US withdrawal from Vietnam.

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
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