Description
On November 13, 1969, ten students at Texas State University were suspended for participating in a peaceful protest against the Vietnam War. They had kept vigil in front of the Huntington Mustangs, bearing signs that read, Vietnam Is an Edsel and 44,000 U.S. Dead, For What? while an increasingly hostile anti-protest crowd chanted, Love it or leave it! and Let's string 'em up! It was a day after news of the My Lai massacre broke. Part of a coordinated, nationwide Vietnam Moratorium effort that confounded and infuriated the Nixon White House, the San Marcos 10 challenged their suspension, taking their case all the way to the United States Supreme Court. Author E.R. Bills offers this fascinating glimpse into the 1960s antiwar movement in Texas, the extraordinary measures to quell it and the broader social activism in which it participated.
Author: E. R. Bills
Publisher: History Press
Published: 10/07/2019
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781467141277
ISBN10: 1467141275
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Vietnam War
- Political Science | Political Process | Political Advocacy
Author: E. R. Bills
Publisher: History Press
Published: 10/07/2019
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781467141277
ISBN10: 1467141275
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Vietnam War
- Political Science | Political Process | Political Advocacy