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Prattler, Volume 30, vol. 30, 1969.
Actvism & Protests
Actvism & Protests
Across the country, youth engaged with activism of civil rights and protests of the contemporary issues such as institutional power, and the intervention of the United States in Vietnam. These individuals became organized and challenged the structures of power within institutions such as the corporations, the government, and universities.
210331_Vol29No8_12-05-1967.pdfPrattler, Volume 30, vol. 30, 1969.
In these articles from the Prattler, students and faculty can be seen protesting the Vietnam War through direct recruitment of the ROTC on campus but also through discussing the role of corporations such as Dow Chemical which manufactured Napalm:
"I suggest the institution take a position of moral leadership ....Indeed if I had the power I would be willing to say that the manufacture of jellied gasoline to be dropped on the backs of men is a crime against humanity....If freedom means the freedom to burn alive that freedom needs some abridgement, someone must stand up and say STOP. Surely the academic community, specifically this campus is a most appropriate agent to cry enough."
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