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Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
Vol. 45, 19 April 2024
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Why did the black community strongly oppose the draft conscription during the Vietnam War?
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Abstract
This paper studies the protests of black groups against the US government draft conscription during the Vietnam War. The paper analyzed the motivations of the people involved in this movement and the reasons for the US government's adoption of the draft by introducing the background of the times and listing real examples. In order to provide readers with a clearer understanding of the situation at that time, the paper recorded speeches by individuals who had witnessed the event, such as Stokely Carmichael and Mohammed Ali, and cited media reports of protests against black groups back then. Finally, the paper summarized the impact of this movement on the United States and the world, as well as its connection with the Northern African soldiers who fought for freedom during the Civil War.
Keywords
Vietnam War, Draft Conscription, Racial Discrimination, Human Rights
References
1. Muhammad Ali (formerly known as Cassius Clay), the legendary boxer and civil rights activist, on April 26, 1967.
2. Michael Stewart Foley, Confronting the war machine: Draft resistance during the Vietnam War (University of North Carolina Press, 2003).
3. Jessie Kindig, Draft Resistance in the Vietnam Era (Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium University of Washington, 2008).
4. Stokely Carmichael and Charles V. Hamilton, "Black Power: The Politics of Liberation"(Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc, 1967).
5. Rev. David Gracie, "Die Nigger, Die"[Michigan Chronicle (1939-2010); Jan 21, 1967].
6. Lear. Len, “Philly Youths Blast Vietnam War Policy and Draft: Negroes Should ...” (Philadelphia Tribune Dec 16, 1967).
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Global Politics and Socio-Humanities
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-359-3
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-360-9
- Published Date
- 19 April 2024
- Series
- Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-7048
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-7056
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-7048/45/20230262
- Copyright
- 19 April 2024
- Open Access
- This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited