A main part of the 1970’s were the conflicts of blacks and whites. Because of Martin Luther King's death, blacks began to cause more violence in America’s streets. Groups such as the “Black Panthers” became more powerful and violent than they had been for a while. Nixon decided he wanted to get the “troublemakers” off of the street. Because of this plan, budget increases inflamed to 700 million dollars, instead of the 63 million it had been in 1969. The Counter Intelligence Program tapped phone lines, and recorded conversations to help get the black “troublemakers” off the street. They also delivered false rumors to other organizations about undercover agents working for them. It worked, because they seemed to get more tense about what they were doing, and they started to die down.

The public schools got criticized because segregating schools was against the law, but they were as separated as they were when it was legal. The government, in order to save money and time, ordered them all to use the same busing facilities. Buses were surrounded and stoned by angry parents.

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The biggest part of the 70’s was without question the Vietnam War that had been going on years before the 70’s even came around. There were protests and arguments all the time. They all became worse and worse as the months went on. The war was sometimes even televised at six o’clock on some channels. In May the presidents of 37 different colleges wrote a protesting letter about the Army drafting men into the war. On May 4th there was an open fire on 15 college students, and four of them were killed. It was noted that of all of the four students killed, they were all shot in the back. Which means that they were retreating from the officers, and not advancing on them. Over 400 colleges shut down, after they got news of the accident.

On one occasion, a woman tried to take the podium from a speaker at a convention, but the chairman patted her on the head and told her “Run along little girl, we have important issues to talk about.” This was one of the events that led up to the “Woman’s Strike for Equality” on August 26th of 1970. At the event, Betty Freidan encouraged all housewives to stop cooking, cleaning, and even stop talking to their husbands for the day. She also encouraged them to attend protests for women’s rights. They held up signs saying “I am not a Barbie doll” and “Don’t call me Chick.” They finally got through to everyone that they weren’t going to settle for just anything, they wanted their rights.

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