The Purpose Of The Vietnam War Protest

The Vietnam War has been one of the most terrifying wars United States was ever a part of. It included bloodshed like any other war but gave rise to a revolution. College students were attracted to this and started organizing marches and other protests. These protests, like the one that was organized by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), attracted a lot of support from around the country “Vietnam War Protest”. The students would have concerts to spread their message of love and peace by music, as it was easy to sell (The Counterculture and Music of 1960s). American Government believed that Communism was threatening democracy throughout the world (The Antiwar Movement). The youth had a huge part in beginning the movement. They realized
The purpose of the revolution was to force the authorities to withdraw complete American involvement. The movement went on for eight years with America leaving Vietnam in 1972.
Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of the biggest names in the history of public speakers. People would follow him blindly simply because they believed in him. Martin Luther King was America’s most influential speaker in the 1960’s during the Vietnam War. King always fought for peace and justice. “During his years in school, king developed a great belief in the power of nonviolent protest as a tool to bring about change in American society” (Sixties Counterculture). Then later in 1954 he led a protest at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, he had become convinced that nonviolent protests are a more elegant way to deliver a message (Hillstrom and Hillstrom). Since childhood Martin Luther King Jr. supported nonviolence, as a child he had many incidents of racial discrimination but he never reacted with violence. He supported Gandhi’s non-violent protests and was a follower of his methods. He took the Anti-War movement to a different level. People would simply follow the revolution because he supports it. He lead various marches throughout the country like the ones in Birmingham and Washington D.C. (Hillstrom and Hillstrom). He joined the Vietnam War in 1965 when he saw the war as a potential threat to the
His enlightens people of what they are capable of. He encourages the people to lead a revolution by stating ordinary things. He gives his audience a position, a status and makes them believe that every person has an important role in this movement. “Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.” His uses other incidents like Racism and Poverty that divided the world. He asks the people to stand up once again with the same spirit they had when they revolted against Racism or when they started responding to the decreasing economy of the