the most significant movement of its kind in the nation’s history. Prominent senators had

already begun criticizing American involvement in Vietnam during the summer of 1964,

which led to the mass antiwar movement that was to come in the summer of 1965

(DeBenedetti, 106). This antiwar movement had a great impact on policy and practically

One antiwar tactic that often took place were teach- ins. They started

during the spring of 1965 when the massive antiwar efforts centered on the colleges.

These teach- ins were mass public demonstrations, usually held in the spring and fall

seasons on college campuses (Wells, 24). The first one began at the University of

Michigan on March 24, 1965, and rapidly spread to other campuses (Wells, 24). These

protests at some of America’s finest universities captured public attention.

The scattered teach- ins had become more of a problem for President Johnson

when their organizers joined an unofficial group called the Inter- University Committee

for a Public Hearing on Vietnam. The new committee began planning a nationwide teach-

Embassy under attack, they realized that the US did not have control over the situation

bombing pause from May 12 to May 17 of 1965 (DeBenedetti, 141). Antiwar activists

Pentagon while others rushed past guards and started trouble inside. They felt that they

passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as the moral example of the world

actions in peace. He gave very moving speeches that really touched people’s hearts and

hard for the soldiers in Vietnam to find ways to move beyond protests and symbolic acts,

against it not in anger but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, and above all with a

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