My focus of study
was on student protest groups that emerged from the political and social unrest of the
1960's. On campuses nationwide, students increasingly called for US withdrawl from the
war. Meanwhile, inner city black ghettos were breeding grounds for violence and police
brutality. In the wake of anti-war sentiment as well as the civil rights movement, three
main student protest groups emerged: the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), the
Black Panther Party, and the Yippies. All three of these groups sought change in one way
or another, and proved that they would use any means necessary to get it. Following are
descriptions of these three groups.
Digital Images of these three groups can be found at the following sites:
http://www.lib.msu.edu/spc/digital/radicalism/
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/sixties/radical.html