Category Archives: SDS

Richard Avedon: Murals & Portraits

Posted on May 28, 2020 by

Richard Avedon photographing SNCC demonstrators, March 1963 “Gagosian Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of Richard Avedon’s legendary photographic murals and related portraits. The exhibition has been drawn from the collection of and developed in collaboration with The Richard … Continue reading →

Posted in 1968 DNC, Allen Ginsberg, Black Power, Bob Dylan, Books, Burroughs, Chicago Eight, Chicano, Civil Rights Mov., James Baldwin, Jerry Rubin, SDS, The Beatles, Tom Hayden, Vietnam War, Weather Underground | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hollywood and Vietnam

Posted on March 14, 2020 by

“In writing to President Johnson in December 1965 about his intention to make a film about the Green Berets, John Wayne explained that it was ‘extremely important that not only the people of the United States but those all over … Continue reading →

Posted in Cronkite, Lyn. Johnson, Movie, R. McNamara, SDS, Vietnam War, Weather Underground | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Uncovering the Truth About a Raid on the Black Panthers

Posted on January 11, 2020 by

“The call came in the early morning hours of December 4, 1969. ‘Come to the crib’ was the command. ‘The police have murdered Chairman Fred.’ I was a second-year law student at Northwestern Law School, working with a group of … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Power, Books, Chicano, Eldridge Cleaver, Huey P. Newton, SDS, Weather Underground | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tom Hayden: The Rolling Stone Interview

Posted on December 30, 2019 by

“When Tom Hayden was 17, he wrote his swan song editorial for the Daily Smirker (rhymes with worker) back at Royal Oak High School in Detroit, Michigan, on the overcrowding of public schools. Bland as the body of the editorial … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights Mov., SDS, Tom Hayden, Vietnam War | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Carl Oglesby

Posted on December 7, 2019 by

Carl Oglesby in 1968. As a leader of Students for a Democratic Society, he helped galvanize opposition to the Vietnam War. “Carl Preston Oglesby (July 30, 1935 – September 13, 2011) was an American writer, academic, and political activist. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, SDS, Vietnam War | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The Panthers and the Patriots

Posted on December 4, 2019 by

The Black Panthers and Young Patriots hold a press conference in 1969. “In July 1969, the Black Panther Party convened a huge meeting in Oakland that attracted radical groups from across the country. They called it the Conference for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Power, Eldridge Cleaver, SDS | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Training Teenagers for Guerrilla Warfare in the Wealthy Suburbs? Welcome to 1969

Posted on September 26, 2019 by

Stephen Kling using a toy gun and a water balloon “grenade” while teaching guerrilla war tactics to students from Scarsdale High School. The girl in pigtails played a “peasant,” as the original caption put it. Aug. 14, 1969. “In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Power, Draft board, Jerry Rubin, LSD, Marijuana, Pacifist, SDS, Vietnam War, Weather Underground | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment