Word: unrest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meeting, which was organized by George Wald, Higgins Professor of Biology, brought together about 40 people, including Leonard Woodcook, president of the United Auto Workers; Jack Sheehan of the Steel Workers Union; Joseph Rhodes Jr., Junior Fellow and student member of the President's Commission on Campus Unrest; David Ifshin, president of the National Student Association; Ewart Guinier, professor of Afro-American Studies; and Howard Zinn, professor of Government at Boston University...
...report contradicts the facts of the case in every instance," Rhodes, a member of the President's Commission on Campus Unrest and a Junior Fellow, said. "This is one way to make sure that this country won't survive...
...over 190 years the Constitution allowed our society separate facilities "where so desired. During those 190 years, we had no record of unrest, violence, or animosity among the races," the letter said...
...large measure, the U.S. military in Southeast Asia reflects the entire American society. A major factor contributing to the new unrest is the growing unpopularity of the war among blacks as well as whites. In 1967 black soldiers roundly criticized Martin Luther King and Cassius Clay for objecting to the war; today, King, Clay and others like Eldridge Cleaver and Julian Bond, who have been heavy critics of the war, stand highest in their esteem...
...carrying out its presidential mandate, the commission also listed a number of steps that it said should be taken to diminish campus unrest. Among the commission's recommendations: removal from the campus of as much defense-related research as possible; replacement of the ROTC with an off-campus training program unrelated to campus life; added riot-control training for National Guardsmen and a policy limiting weapons in campus flare-ups to specially trained anti-sniper units; the preparation of contingency plans by college administrators who may face disorders...