Historical place archive

Howard University in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Howard University in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records1 event labels2 people1968–1968

Historical events in Howard University

1968

19 March 1968
Demonstrations
Lyndon Baines Johnson · Democratic Party Government

Students at Howard University signal a new era of militant student activism on college campuses in the US, students stage rallies, protests and a 5-day sit-in, laying siege to the administration building, shutting down the university

21 March 1968
Demonstrations
Lewis Hershey · Vietnam War, 2nd

In ongoing campus unrest, Howard University students protesting the Vietnam War, the ROTC program on campus and the draft, confront Gen. Lewis Hershey, then head of the US Selective Service System

21 March 1968
Demonstrations
Lyndon Baines Johnson · Democratic Party Government

In ongoing campus unrest, Howard University students protesting the Vietnam War, the ROTC program on campus and the draft, confront Gen. Lewis Hershey, then head of the U.S. Selective Service System

21 March 1968
Demonstrations
Lyndon Baines Johnson · Vietnam War, 2nd

In ongoing campus unrest, Howard University students protesting the Vietnam War, the ROTC program on campus and the draft, confront Gen. Lewis Hershey, then head of the U.S. Selective Service System

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