Showing posts with label Vietnam War Protests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vietnam War Protests. Show all posts
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Anti-Vietnam War Protest in DeKalb By NIU Students in 1970
From the April 15, 2020, MidWeek "Looking Back."
1970. 50 Years Ago.
"More than 200 Northern Illinois University students led by the Student Mobilization Committee marched through downtown DeKalb at about 9 p.m. last night to protest the Vietnam War.
"The campus activities are related to the nationwide anti-war week. The SMC attempted to have the college shut down classes today, but permission was refused. Students also picketed the draft board office on North Fourth Street yesterday."
I was at Northern Illinois as a freshman living in Lincoln Hall when this happened.
It Was a Scary Time. --Cooter
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Kishwaukee College Lowers Flag for Kent State in 1970
From the May 27, 2020, MidWeek "Looking Back."
1970, 50 Years Ago.
"After a two-week delay, the Kishwaukee College Board of Trustees last night acted on a petition presented to them by the students requesting that the college flag be dropped to half-mast for one day in sympathy of the death of four Kent State students, killed in recent disturbances on campus.
"Some 112 names of students and faculty were on the petition requesting the flag lowering."
The Days of Rage After Kent State. --Cooter
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Looking Back 51 Years Ago, 1965: NIU Homecoming and Vietnam War Protest
From the November 3, 2015, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back"
1965, 50 years ago.
"NIU's 1965 Homecoming is set for November 6. In addition, new structures will be dedicated, a Legislative Day Luncheon, a celebration of the Golden Anniversary of Williston Hall which is the first residence hall built on campus.
** Demonstrators from NIU opposed to the Vietnam War didn't make much of a show Saturday in DeKalb. Approximately 25 boys and girls gathered at the University Center and paraded down Lincoln Highway to Fourth Street, south to Franklin then west to Huntley Park.
"Carrying placards opposing the fighting, the group sat on the grass and listened to a number of speakers."
These protests certainly increased toward the end of the decade.
--Cooter
1965, 50 years ago.
"NIU's 1965 Homecoming is set for November 6. In addition, new structures will be dedicated, a Legislative Day Luncheon, a celebration of the Golden Anniversary of Williston Hall which is the first residence hall built on campus.
** Demonstrators from NIU opposed to the Vietnam War didn't make much of a show Saturday in DeKalb. Approximately 25 boys and girls gathered at the University Center and paraded down Lincoln Highway to Fourth Street, south to Franklin then west to Huntley Park.
"Carrying placards opposing the fighting, the group sat on the grass and listened to a number of speakers."
These protests certainly increased toward the end of the decade.
--Cooter
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