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Interview with David Harris, 1982 / Produced by Richard Ellison
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Vietnam: A Television History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Late Twentieth Century (1975-2000).
- Arrests.
- Civil rights.
- Colleges and universities.
- Political demonstrations.
- Draft evasion.
- Military draft.
- Political alliances.
- Popular beliefs.
- Prison sentences.
- Racial integration.
- Social activism and activists.
- Social movements.
- Students.
- Mississippi.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Late Twentieth Century (1975-2000).
- Arrests.
- Civil rights.
- Colleges and universities.
- Political demonstrations.
- Draft evasion.
- Military draft.
- Political alliances.
- Popular beliefs.
- Prison sentences.
- Racial integration.
- Social activism and activists.
- Social movements.
- Students.
- Mississippi.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Interview
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (42 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : WGBH Boston, 1983.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- During the Vietnam War, David Harris was a noted draft resister and civil rights activist. He describes his transformation from "All-American boy" believing American leadership could do no wrong, to disillusioned adult. He recounts traveling to Mississippi to protest the use of violence against blacks fighting for desegregation and returning more radicalized. He describes the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee's transformation from a focus on black civil rights to a focus on the war, particularly the draft. He tells the story of October 16, 1967, when people-especially in San Francisco and Oakland, California-began to return draft cards to the government as tangible proof that they would not fight in the war.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 827296907
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