Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Chicago Civic Action Collection
Collection
Identifier: spe-c00092
Abstract
This collection includes buttons, flyers, newsletters, pamphlets, papers and statements related to social justice movements and actions in Chicago. The digital photographs depict nine protest rallies and marches that took place between 2016 and 2020 including the Women’s March.
Dates:
1909-2020, undated
Democratic National Convention Records
Collection
Identifier: spe-dnc
Abstract
The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago determined that Hubert Humphrey would be the Democratic candidate for president. Throughout the Convention, anti-war protestors demonstrated around Chicago and experienced police violence and arrests. The majority of this collection details the events and messages of the Convention itself through the officially produced material that was distributed to delegates and press. The protests surrounding the convention and the ensuing police...
Dates:
1965 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1968
Rev. Martin L. Deppe Papers
Collection
Identifier: spe-c00075
Abstract
Rev. Martin L. Deppe created and collected the materials in this collection during his time working with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s (SCLC) Operation Breadbasket program, Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC), the Alliance to End Repression (AER) and the United Farm Workers (UFW). The collection is comprised of meeting materials, memos, flyers, photographs, posters, publications, reports, speeches, buttons and artifacts that reflect the activities of Chicago’s Civil Rights,...
Dates:
1932 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1966 - 2010
Barbara Kuck Alternative Press Collection
Collection
Identifier: spe-a00160
Abstract
The archive of Chicago’s Nicholas Senn High School student Barbara Kuck contains 78 alternative publications from 1968 and 1971, including 22 issues, drafts and notes related to The Paper which she edited and published.
Dates:
1963 - 1971