Radicals in the heartland : the 1960s student protest movement at the University of Illinois / Michael V. Metz.

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Metz, Michael V [Author]

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online resource

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9780252051258

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LD2380 .R335 2019

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Subject: "In 1969, the campus tumult that defined the Sixties reached a flash point at the University of Illinois. Out-of-town radicals preached armed revolution. Students took to the streets and fought police and National Guardsmen. Firebombs were planted in lecture halls while explosions rocked a federal building on one side of town and a recruiting office on the other. Across the state, the powers-that-be expressed shock that such events could take place at Illinois's esteemed, conservative, flagship university--how could it happen here, of all places? Positioning the events in the context of their time, Michael Metz delves into the lives and actions of activists at the center of the drama. A participant himself, Metz draws on interviews, archives, and newspaper records to show a movement born in demands for free speech, inspired by a movement for civil rights, and driven to the edge by a seemingly never-ending war. If the sudden burst of irrational violence baffled parents, administrators, and legislators, it seemed inevitable to students after years of official intransigence and disregard. Metz portrays campus protesters not as angry, militant extremists but as youthful citizens deeply engaged with grave moral issues, embodying the idealism, naiveté and courage of a minority of a generation"--

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"In 1969, the campus tumult that defined the Sixties reached a flash point at the University of Illinois. Out-of-town radicals preached armed revolution. Students took to the streets and fought police and National Guardsmen. Firebombs were planted in lecture halls while explosions rocked a federal building on one side of town and a recruiting office on the other. Across the state, the powers-that-be expressed shock that such events could take place at Illinois's esteemed, conservative, flagship university--how could it happen here, of all places? Positioning the events in the context of their time, Michael Metz delves into the lives and actions of activists at the center of the drama. A participant himself, Metz draws on interviews, archives, and newspaper records to show a movement born in demands for free speech, inspired by a movement for civil rights, and driven to the edge by a seemingly never-ending war. If the sudden burst of irrational violence baffled parents, administrators, and legislators, it seemed inevitable to students after years of official intransigence and disregard. Metz portrays campus protesters not as angry, militant extremists but as youthful citizens deeply engaged with grave moral issues, embodying the idealism, naiveté and courage of a minority of a generation"--

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1960s Timeline: The University of Illinois and the World; 1968 Campus Map; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Fighting Illini; Part I. The Prelude; 1 The New Yorker: George D. Stoddard; 2 The New Guy: David Dodds Henry; 3 The Communist TA: Edward Yellin; 4 The Sexual Rebel: Leo Koch; Part II. The Free Speech Era, 1965-67; 5 The Civil Rights Movement and the University; 6 Civil Rights, Free Speech, and War; 7 A Spark: W.E.B. DuBois Club; 8 The University Reacts; 9 The University Delays; 10 Passing the Buck; 11 The Board Surprises

12 The Legislature Speaks13 A Movement Is Born; 14 Henry Responds; 15 The Board Reverses; 16 Students for Free Speech; 17 Henry Reverses; 18 Spring/Summer '67: Women Rising; Photos; Part III. The Antiwar Movement, 1967-69; 19 Fall '67: A Hectic Beginning; 20 A New Focus: The War; 21 Draft Resisters Act; 22 Then There Was Dow; 23 The Aftermath; 24 1968: The Wildest Year; 25 Race Returns to Center Stage; 26 Spring Sputters to an End; 27 Summer '68: The Turning Begins; 28 Fall '68: Project 500; Part IV. The Violent Time, 1969-70; 29 Spring '69: Heating Up, but Not Boiling Over

30 Black and White Together31 A Sign of the End: Weathermen Come to Town; 32 Spring '70: The Final Semester; 33 March: Patience Spent, the Storms Begin; 34 April: Quiet between the Storms; 35 May: The Final Month; 36 Strike: The Final Days; 37 Extra at the End; Conclusion: On Agency; Contributors: In Their Own Words; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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