Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with David Harris, 1982
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- Interview with David Harris, 1982
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- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
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- cpb-aacip/15-j09w08wk4x
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- Episode Description
- 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.
- Date
- 1982-08-10
- Date
- 1982-08-10
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Subjects
- Peace movements; Government, Resistance to; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States; democracy; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American; Demonstrations; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States--History--1945-; United States--Politics and government; Vietnam--History--1945-1975; Vietnam (Democratic Republic); Vietnam (Republic); Civil Rights Movement; United States. Selective Service System; draft
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- Rights Note:1) No materials may be re-used without references to appearance releases and WGBH/UMass Boston contract. 2) It is the responsibility of a production to investigate and re-clear all rights before re-use in any project.,Rights:,Rights Credit:WGBH Educational Foundation,Rights Type:,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:WGBH Educational Foundation
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- Moving Image
- Credits
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Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation
Writer: Harris, David, 1946-
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WGBH
Identifier: 44a8abf2bc2abb6e39a0532bf95efabc9708d0a8 (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:41:35:29
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with David Harris, 1982,” 1982-08-10, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 16, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-j09w08wk4x.
- MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with David Harris, 1982.” 1982-08-10. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 16, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-j09w08wk4x>.
- APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with David Harris, 1982. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-j09w08wk4x