1965 March against the Vietnam War

August 2026 February 2025 The 1965 March against the Vietnam War was an anti-Vietnam War protest that took place in Washington, D.C., on 17 April 1965.A Student Organizer Recalls an Antiwar Protest · SHEC: Resources for Teachers https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/978 2023-11-08 shec.ashp.cuny.edu History The student activist group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held its first anti-Vietnam War protest rally in Washington, DC. It was co-sponsored by Women's Strike for Peace.The March on Washington https://michiganintheworld.history.lsa.umich.edu/antivietnamwar/exhibits/show/exhibit/the_teach_ins/national_teach_in_1965 November 8, 2023 University of Michigan 12,000-20,000 attended, including Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Phil Ochs.April 18, 1965 Thousands of Students in Capital Protest War 1, 14 The Los Angeles Times https://www.newspapers.com/image/382183267/ November 8, 2023April 18, 1965 20,000 Collegians March on Capital: End War, 'Radicals' Demand 1 Kingsport Times-News https://www.newspapers.com/image/591563049/?terms=Joan%20Baez&match=1 November 8, 2023 The host was I. F. Stone.April 7, 1965 March on Washington to end the war in Vietnam https://www.crmvet.org/docs/nor/sds/650417_sds_vietnam-dc5.pdf November 8, 2023 Civil Rights Movement Archive Senator Ernest Gruening of Alaska, a World War I veteran and one of the two senators who voted against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution that gave credence to the direct combat role of the U.S. in the Vietnam War and allowed bombing of Vietnam without prior Congressional approval, spoke.November 2023 After the speeches and music the crowd started to move toward the Capitol, down the National Mall from the Washington Monument. Baez and others intercepted the impromptu march.November 2023 See also United States in the Vietnam War References Category:Protests against the Vietnam War Category:Protest marches in Washington, D.C. Category:Anti-war protests in Washington, D.C. Category:1965 in Washington, D.C. Category:1965 protests Category:Phil Ochs Category:Joan Baez Category:April 1965 in the United States