Vietnam war
Today in history: The 1970 killings at Jackson State College
May 15, 2015The Jackson State killings occurred on May 15, 1970, at Jackson State College, a historically Black college.
Read moreToday in people’s history: 1199 opposes the Vietnam War
February 24, 2015Fifty years ago, on this day in 1965, District 1199 Health Care Workers became the first labor union in the United States to formally oppose the Vietnam War.
Read moreToday in labor history: end of the “Vietnam era”
May 7, 2014On May 7, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an end to the "Vietnam era."
Read moreToday in labor history: Chicano draft resistance
September 16, 2013Muñoz decided - like thousands of other young people n the US - that if drafted, he would refuse to go fight in Vietnam. He was UCLA's first Chicano Student Body President, and started organizing in...
Read moreToday in labor history: The Fort Dix stockade rebellion
June 5, 2013On June 5th, 1969, more than one hundred imprisoned soldiers rose up against deplorable and inhumane conditions at the Fort Dix stockade in New Jersey.
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