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lead to radicalization in
1960s America?
My Lai Massacre
Anti-War Demonstrations
Columbia University
1967
During student
protests at
Kent State
University, 4
students are
shot dead; at
Jackson State,
2 are killed
RADICALIZATION
1968: A Year of
Turmoil
Tet Offensive
MLK, Jr.
Assassination
RFK Assassination
Violence at the
Democratic National
Convention (Chicago)
RADICALIZATION
STUDENT MOVEMENTS LEAD TO THE NEW LEFT
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) called for a
participatory democracy
- Led the Free Speech Movement on college campuses,
demanding the right to express political ideas on
campus
- protest racism, the military industrial complex, Vietnam,
the draft
A generational culture emerged: disillusionment by the
Vietnam War, the assassinations, and with Cold War
culture generally
Created a culture that ran counter to dominant values;
rejected materialism and violence and embraced
experimentation and expression