FIRST TEACH-IN HELD ON CAMPUS OF UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, Michigan (JFK+50) On March 24, 1965. the first 'teach-in*' protest of the war in Vietnam was held on the campus of the University of Michigan here in Ann Arbor.
The event was attended by 3500 students along with 200 faculty members who were supported by the administration of the university.
The Teach-In was sponsored by SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) and included lectures, debates and music.
The primary speakers were Robert Browne of Farleigh Dickinson University (New Jersey), John Donahue of Michigan State University and Arthur Waskow of the Institute for Policy Studies.
Professor Waskow said...
"We have not yet learned the political freedom of the Vietnamese people cannot be advanced by...burning villages with napalm and torturing villagers for information."
JFK+50 NOTE
SDS was a national student activist organization composed of 300 campus chapters in the United States with 30,000 supporters. SDS was considered part of the 'New Left.'
*teach-ins were a form of protest during the 1960s where issues related to the war in Southeast Asia were discussed by faculty and students of universities.
SOURCE
"First Teach-In Held In Michigan," March 24, 2011, JFK+50, www.jfk50.blogspot.com/
