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Edward M. (Edward Moore) Kennedy

1932–2009 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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StorylineOpposing the Vietnam War in Chapel Hill, 1965–19731965–1973 · 81 events · From 1965 to 1969 opposition to the Vietnam War in Chapel Hill grew from a silent walk of about 30 Student Peace Union marchers to a Moratorium day in which thousands took part. Students held fasts, sing-outs and pickets, a silent vigil stood at the post office every Wednesday from January 1967, and Vice President Humphrey, Senators Morse, Mansfield and Kennedy and others spoke on the war. Draft counseling began in 1967, faculty members signed statements backing draft refusers, and in March 1968 fifteen people were arrested at a sit-in against a Dow Chemical recruiter. On October 15, 1969 some 3,500 to 5,000 marchers walked through downtown to a convocation where Mayor Howard Lee spoke. From 1970 a Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense tied ROTC to new courses, students and faculty lobbied Congress, and in April 1972 more than 2,000 students marched against the renewed bombing. The Franklin Street peace vigil went on into 1973, when local peace groups formed the Chapel Hill Peace Center.

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  1. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy speaks on Asia after Vietnam to an overflow Memorial Hall crowd Speaking for the Carolina Forum to more than 2,000 students, faculty members and guests, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts urged restraint in Asia after the war and said he favored de-escalation, an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and more effort toward negotiations. Several hundred students walked with him afterward across McCorkle Place to Morehead Planetarium. People: Edward M. (Edward Moore) Kennedy Place: Memorial Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: McCorkle Place, Morehead PlanetariumSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, May 10, 1967, p. 1

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Kennedy Library event/memorial, May 17, 1964

Morton, Hugh M. · 1964

Senator Edward Kennedy speaks from the podium at UNC-Chapel Hill on 17 May 1964, at the memorial gathering that raised funds for his late brother's presidential library. Color 35 mm slide by Hugh Morton.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009.

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North Carolina's Tribute to President John F. Kennedy

Morton, Hugh M. · 1964 · North Carolina Film Board

Hugh Morton film for the North Carolina Film Board of the state's memorial program for President John F. Kennedy, held in Kenan Stadium at Chapel Hill on 17 May 1964. Governor Terry Sanford, Luther H. Hodges and Billy Graham are among the speakers; Edward M. Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and William B. Aycock also appear. Part of the North Carolina Sights and Sounds collection.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009.

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