Word: vietnam
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Critical issues included the war in Vietnam, U.S. involvement in Cambodia, apartheid in South Africa and a stronger Afro-American studies department...
Much of the activism during the class' years at Harvard centered around the Vietnam...
...number of issues decreased because the whole war issue largely subsided as an issue," Schneider says. "There was a momentary flurry around what was going on in Angola, but the reality was, there was nothing that galvanized people like the Vietnam...
...were convinced that we could save theworld," she says.Crimson File PhotoACTING UP: The class of 1973 arrivedat the height of protest, but as the Vietnam Warended, activism entered its twilight...
Harvard greatly expands the availability of computers on campus--adding 11 machines at a cost of about $100,000. The Faculty votes by a 3 to 1 margin to formally oppose the Vietnam War and recognizes October 15--declared National Moratorium Day by war protesters--as a "day of protest." The 15th is marked by a gathering of 100,000 demonstrators in Boston Common and a cancellation of most Harvard classes...