Students for a Democratic Society held its founding convention in Michigan and issued the Port Huron Statement.
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African American athletes gathered to support Muhammed Ali’s refusal to serve in Vietnam.
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The Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) was founded in New York.
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Learn about the people’s history of Decoration Day (Memorial Day) and the Memorial Day Massacre.
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Nine people entered the Selective Service Offices, removed and burned draft records, and were collectively arrested in protest of the Vietnam War — they became known as the Catonsville Nine.
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College student Phillip Lafayette Gibbs (21) and high school student James Earl Green (17) were killed by the police during an anti-war protest at Jackson State College.
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Judge Byrne dismissed all charges against Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the Pentagon Papers trial.
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Army Captain Howard Levy was imprisoned for three years for refusing to train U.S. Special Forces soldiers during the Vietnam War.
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The Viet Minh scored their final victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu.
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Students at Brown University went on strike to demand that the university take a stand against the escalation of the Vietnam War into neighboring Cambodia.
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April 30 marks the end of the U.S. war in Vietnam — the capture by Vietnamese forces of Saigon in 1975.
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Lifelong gay rights and anti-war activist Kiyoshi Kuromiya held a demonstration while in college against the use of napalm in Vietnam by announcing that a dog would be burned alive with napalm in front of the university library.
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500,000 people demonstrated against the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C.
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Students for a Democratic Society, Student Afro-American Society and others began a nonviolent occupation of campus buildings at Columbia University.
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One of the largest anti-war protest was held in Washington, D.C.
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Amidst growing opposition to the U.S. war in Vietnam, large-scale anti-war protests were held in New York, San Francisco, and many other cities.
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his speech in opposition to the Vietnam War, calling for a “revolution of values.”
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The last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, ending direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
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The first anti-Vietnam War teach-in occurred at the University of Michigan, with more than 3,000 students, faculty and community members gathering on campus to educate each other about escalating U.S. aggression in Vietnam.
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Hugh Thompson tried to defend Vietnamese villagers during Mỹ Lai Massacre.
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