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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/

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University of Wisconsin

Madison

January 1965

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"LARGEST DEMONSTRATION EVER HELD ON CAMPUS"

FIRST "TEACH-IN" HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Ann Arbor, Michigan (JFK+50) On March 24, 1965, the first "Teach-In" was held at the University of Michigan here in Ann Arbor.  The event, supported by the university administration, was attended by 3500 students and 200 faculty members.

The "Teach-In" was sponsored by SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) and included lectures, debates and music.  It was the largest demonstration ever held on the campus of the university.

One of the main speakers, Arthur Waskow* of the Institute for Policy Studies, said...

"We have not yet learned that the political freedom of the Vietnamese people cannot be advanced by a military policy that relies on burning villages...and torture."

*Arthur Ocean Waskow (b. 1933) was born in Baltimore, MD & educated at the University of Wisconsin-Madison & Johns Hopkins University.  AOW is an American author, political activist and rabbi associated with the Jewish Renewal Movement.

 

FIRST TEACH-IN OF VIETNAM ERA

FIRST TEACH-IN HELD 49 YEARS AGO TODAY

Ann Arbor, Michigan (JFK+50) The first "Teach-In" protest of the Vietnam War was held 49 years ago this evening, March 24, 1965, at the University of Michigan here in Ann Arbor.  

The event was attended by 3500 students and 200 faculty members with the support of the university administration.

The 'Teach-In', sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society, included lectures, debates and music.

It was the largest demonstration ever to be held at the University of Michigan.

The main speakers were Robert Browne of Farleigh Dickinson University (NJ), John Donahue of Michigan State University, and Arthur Waskow of the Institute for Policy Studies.

In his address, Waskow said:

"We have not yet learned that the political freedom of the Vietnamese people cannot be advanced by a military policy that relies on burning villages with napalm and torturing the villagers for information."

ELVIS INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY

Memphis, Tennessee (JFK+50) Elvis Presley, along with his parents, left Graceland 56 years ago today, March 24, 1958, to report to the United States Army Induction Center here in downtown Memphis.

Mrs. Presley later would be diagnosed with hepatitis and hospitalized.  She died on August 16, 1958 just 4 weeks after Elvis left for Germany.

TRUMAN SIGNS PALESTINIAN REFUGEE RESOLUTION

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) President Harry S Truman signed a resolution 65 years ago today, March 24, 1949, authorizing $16 million in aid for Palestinian refugees who were displaced and facing starvation as a result of Israel's War of Independence last year.

The President said that he hoped that a permanent solution to the refugee problem could be worked out.

In 1950, Truman would request another $27 million to go to the United Nations relief efforts for Palestinian refugees.

Palestinian Refugees 1948

QUEEN ELIZABETH I DIED 411 YEARS AGO 

London (JFK+50) Queen Elizabeth I passed away 411 years ago today, March 24, 1603, after 44 years of rule.  King James VI of Scotland would ascend to the throne as King.

The Queen came to power in 1559 upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary.

Known as the "Virgin Queen" because she never married, Elizabeth encouraged voyages of discovery including Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the globe and Sir Walter Raleigh's expeditions to North America.

Queen Elizabeth I