
Samaria Rice appeals for unity at Kent State commemoration
"You are not born with it, you are taught racism; let's look for a cure to racism just as we seek cures to other diseases."

Today in history: Four students killed at Kent State in Vietnam demo
The Kent State shootings are a long-remembered symbol of government gone amok with its power and fear of its own people.

Remembering Vietnam: landmark protest will be commemorated May 1-2
A march on the 50th anniversary of the first national protest against the Vietnam War will be held over Apr. 29- May 2 in Washington D.C.

Today in people's history: 1199 opposes the Vietnam War
Fifty years ago, on this day in 1965, District 1199 Health Care Workers became the first labor union in the United States to formally oppose the Vietnam War.

This day in history: Muhammad Ali convicted for his anti-war stand
On June 20, 1967, boxing champion and Olympic gold medal winner Muhammad Ali was convicted of draft evasion, sentenced to five years in prison, fined $10,000 and banned from boxing for three years.

Political murder in Vietnamese America - a new film
An unexplored and deadly consequence of the Vietnam war occurred on U.S. soil - the political assassinations of six Vietnamese-Americans, five of them journalists - between 1981 and 1990.

