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As Americans grew increasingly weary of the conflict in Vietnam amid growing unrest at home around the issue of civil rights, 1968 would prove to be a pivotal year in American history.  After surprise attacks by the VietCong in January, millions of Americans were horrified of the images they saw on TV.  American confidence after WWII began to erode as unrest began to increase and support for the war began to decline.  Lyndon Johnson's decision not to seek re-election and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.  prompted civil unrest at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. However, this unrest extended to the larger world as well.  While many remember the displays of civil disobedience at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, far fewer remember growing civil unrest among students and the Tlatelolco Massacre that preceded the games.

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Contents of this path:

  1. The Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War, 4:22
  2. Fleeing the Tet offensive
  3. Draft Resistance March at Yale University
  4. Hue, 1968.
  5. Hue, Vietnam
  6. A New Step Toward Peace Text
  7. A New Step Toward Peace PDF
  8. President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the Nation, announcing a bombing halt in Vietnam and his intention not to run for re-election.
  9. President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the Nation, announcing a bombing halt in Vietnam and his intention not to run for re-election.
  10. War of Protest, 3:30
  11. El Dos de Octubre, No Se Olvida: The Massacre of Tlatelolco
  12. President's Daily Brief 3 October, 1968
  13. President's Daily Brief, 4 October 1968 [Mexico]
  14. The President's Daily Brief, 5 October 1968 [Mexico]
  15. 14 primera conferència de premsa després de la masacre del 2 d'octubre, 5 d'octubre de 1968.jpg
  16. President's Daily Brief 8 October, 1968
  17. Olympic Summer Games 1968 Opening
  18. John_Carlos,_Tommie_Smith,_Peter_Norman_1968cr
  19. Man Burning Draft Card at Draft Resistance Rally
  20. Young "hippie"