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Nationalism had become a powerful force in Vietnam.
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African Americans constituted about 10 percent of military personnel. Because African Americans were more likely to be assigned to combat units
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A group of faculty members and students at the University of Michigan joined together in a teach-in.
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Officials prosecuted over 3,000 Americans who refused to serve
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President Nixon gets put into office -
Senator Robert Kennedy quickly entered the race for the Democratic nomination.
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was called the Tet Offensive, guerrilla fighters attacked most American airbases in South Vietnam and most of the South’s major cities. Vietcong even blasted their way into the American embassy in Saigon.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in Memphis by James Earl Ray.
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They called in policy makers and critics to discuss the administration’s military strategy.