To understand how these student protest against the war in Vietnam helped the country become a better place we know to know more about the protest. The student protest movement originated in Port Huron, Michigan in 1962 when a group called Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was formed. SDS denounced both racism and militarism, and they disagreed with the war in Vietnam, which they viewed as an imperialistic act. They pioneered the protest tactic of staging “teach-ins” to discuss the consequences of further escalation in Vietnam. This idea which at first was limited to elite institutions, and major state universities soon spread throughout academia. The student protest movement, and more specifically SDS contributed to making the United States a more just, culturally diverse, and politically tolerant
To understand how these student protest against the war in Vietnam helped the country become a better place we know to know more about the protest. The student protest movement originated in Port Huron, Michigan in 1962 when a group called Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was formed. SDS denounced both racism and militarism, and they disagreed with the war in Vietnam, which they viewed as an imperialistic act. They pioneered the protest tactic of staging “teach-ins” to discuss the consequences of further escalation in Vietnam. This idea which at first was limited to elite institutions, and major state universities soon spread throughout academia. The student protest movement, and more specifically SDS contributed to making the United States a more just, culturally diverse, and politically tolerant