Selma to Saigon: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War

By Daniel S. Lucks

Book Overview

The civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements were the two greatest protests of twentieth-century America. The dramatic escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam in 1965 took precedence over civil rights legislation, which had dominated White House and congressional attention during the first half of the decade. The two issues became intertwined on January 6, 1966, when the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) became the first civil rights organization to formally oppose the war, p

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813145074
• ISBN13: 9780813145075
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary