Article: "Keep Our Black Warriors Out of the Draft": The Vietnam Antiwar Movement at Southern University, 1968-1973

During the late 1960s and early 70s, the antiwar movement gained momentum and introduced a new wave of protest and demonstrations throughout the nation. Antiwar demonstrators clashed with law enforcement officials, university administrators, and working-class hawks. At many colleges and universit ies, military training programs were discontinued or in jeopardy of losing their appeal. Many individuals associated with the antiwar movement used the opportunity to denounce numerous social and economic inequities that existed in American society (Isserman & Kazin, 2000).

Although anti-war protest existed at Black colleges and universities, it was quite different from the front-page ...

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