In May of 1970, the United States and South Vietnam invaded Cambodia. The same month four students were killed by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti-war protest at Kent State University. These two events sparked massive protests on college and university campuses across America. Students and teachers at the University of Massachusetts organized a “‘massive withdrawal’” of funds from local banks in a drive to ‘stop war dollars.’” A spokesman for the protesters, Dr. Gerald Gruman, told the Associated Press that, “We figure for every dollar withdrawn about $5 will be removed from war resources.” Elsewhere in New England, students held sit-ins at Selective Service Centers. Students and teachers on other campuses voted to suspend classes so that students could help with political campaigns. These were all parts of a nationwide “strike” on college campuses to end the war.
Greenfield Recorder. “War Protest Keeps New England College Campuses in Ferment.” May 12, 1970. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l06-044/. Accessed on November 21, 2024.
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