Word: vietnames
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...felt that Harvard was an imperialist force in Cambridge and one of our chants was, 'U.S. out of Vietnam, Harvard out of Cambridge,'" says Temma Kaplan, who was arrested in the University Hall bust. "We had a very strong sense that Harvard was complicitous in the war in Vietnam," she adds...
...Were we in error on many significant points of understanding American society? Yes. Were our tactical choices sometimes incredibly counterproductive? Yes. Have I moderated some? Yes. But our basic sense of outrage at injustice, clear opposition to the Vietnam War and its devastation and belief in the genuine participation of people in politics were and remain valid."--Miles Rapoport...
...several hundred students who occupied the building to protest the University's involvement with the Vietnam War effort and its expansion in Cambridge used the Faculty room as their forum during their day-and-a-half-long stay...
Graham, who had emerged as a leader in the Black community in the years preceding the strike, had spent her time fighting many of the same issues the students were protesting--the Vietnam war, Harvard's rapid expansion into the predominantly, Black Riverside neighborhood and the city's lack of a rent control...
Press coverage at the time gave far more attention to the Vietnam war and the ROTC issues than to the demand that Harvard reassess its role in the community. But the fact that student activists and community activists could come together on any issue signaled a great change in the way Harvard and the city looked at each other...