1965–1971Reputable sourceWell documented
The War at Home: The Antiwar Movement
On the timeline · around 1965–1971 ·
What happened
As casualties and draft calls climbed, opposition surged across America — teach-ins, mass marches, draft-card burnings and slogans like 'Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?' Civil-rights leaders including Martin Luther King Jr. joined the protest.
Why it matters
Vietnam was the first 'living-room war,' its violence beamed nightly into American homes, splitting the nation and reshaping a generation.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vietnam War · Reputable source
Related timelines
- The Civil Rights Movement → — MLK and the movement turn against the war