Radicals in the heartland : the 1960s student protest movement at the University of Illinois / Michael V. Metz.
"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 fede...
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Table of Contents:
- 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.