Anti–Vietnam War Movement in the United States (1964–1970)

1. Gulf of Tonkin incident prompts U.S. escalation

   Aug 2, 1964Labels: Gulf of

   • Britannica

2. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

   Aug 7, 1964Labels: Gulf of

   • Tonkin Res
   • Britannica

3. Berkeley Free Speech Movement tests campus protest power

   Dec 2, 1964Labels: Free Speech, UC Berkeley

   • Britannica
   • UC Berkeley

4. Operation Rolling Thunder begins sustained bombing campaign

   Mar 2, 1965Labels: Operation Rolling

   • USAF Museum
   • Rolling Thunder

5. First major Vietnam teach-in held at Michigan

   Mar 24, 1965Labels: Michigan Teach-In, University of

   • UM Exhibit
   • UMSI580

6. SDS leads first large Washington antiwar march

   Apr 17, 1965Labels: SDS, Washington march

   • 1965 March
   • SDS

7. National Mobilization forms to coordinate mass protests

   Sep 10, 1966Labels: National Mobilization, the Mobe

   • Mobe

8. King denounces war in “Beyond Vietnam” speech

   Apr 4, 1967Labels: Martin Luther, Beyond Vietnam

   • King Institute
   • Riverside Speech

9. Vietnam Veterans Against the War is founded

   Jun 1, 1967Labels: VVAW, Vietnam Veterans

   • VVAW

10. March on the Pentagon becomes a defining protest

    Oct 21, 1967Labels: March on

    • Vietnam 50th
    • Pentagon March

11. Tet Offensive shocks U.S. confidence in the war

    Jan 30, 1968Labels: Tet Offensive

    • Britannica
    • HISTORY

12. Chicago DNC protests expose national political divisions

    Aug 26, 1968Labels: Chicago DNC, 1968 Democratic

    • HISTORY
    • DNC Protests

13. Nixon announces Vietnamization to shift war burden

    Jul 25, 1969Labels: Vietnamization, Richard Nixon

    • HISTORY

14. Moratorium actions show peak mass antiwar participation

    Oct 15, 1969Labels: Moratorium to, Moratorium March

    • Moratorium

15. My Lai massacre becomes public and fuels outrage

    Nov 13, 1969Labels: My Lai, Seymour Hersh

    • My Lai