“UM Students Protest Move Into Cambodia” article in The Greenfield Recorder newspaper

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Presidential hopeful Richard Nixon

Presidential hopeful Richard Nixon

Presidential hopeful Richard Nixon claimed that he had a secret plan to end the Vietnam War (1955-1975), but within months of his 1968 election, the United States had begun to secretly bomb Communist supply routes and depots in the border regions of Cambodia. In May of 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces invaded Cambodia’s border regions and this sparked backlash among Americans who were already disillusioned with the war. Protests on university campuses intensified with the news that four students had been killed by Ohio National Guardsmen on the campus of Kent State University. The protests on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, culminating in a student strike, were typical of those happening across the country.

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Item typePeriodicals
Newspaper
Article
PublisherGreenfield Recorder
Date1970-05-05
PlaceAmherst, Massachusetts; Greenfield, Massachusetts
TopicMilitary, Wars, Battles
Politics, Government, Law, Civics
Civil Rights, Protest, Dissent
Manners, Morals, Ethics
Education, Literacy
EraCounterculture, Civil Rights, and Cold War, 1946–1989
EventVietnam War. 1955–1975
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPrinting
Dimension detailsProcess Material: printed paper, ink Height: 5.25 in Width: 4.75 in
Catalog #L06.043
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Greenfield Recorder. “UM Students Protest Move Into Cambodia.” May 5, 1970. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l06-043/. Accessed on December 6, 2024.

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