Vietnam: A Television History Homefront USA (Season 1, Episode 11)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

Vietnam: A Television History

Homefront USA (Season 1, Episode 11)

TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

Anti-war protests began early in the Johnson administration though the vast majority of Americans at the time supported the administration. The initial protests were led by civil rights activists, the old left, women's groups and the ...See moreAnti-war protests began early in the Johnson administration though the vast majority of Americans at the time supported the administration. The initial protests were led by civil rights activists, the old left, women's groups and the clergy. Religious organizations had a difficult time as they were conservative by nature. As well, college students could avoid the draft if they remained in school. Blacks were joining the military but activists decried those who claimed they were trying to save people of color. Passive resistance and draft card burning were increasing. The October 1967 march on the Pentagon was denounced as anti-American as were most protests against the war. However, 55,000 participated and over 600 were arrested. The climate soon began to change. Johnson had to raise taxes and the economy was doing poorly and by December 1967 a poll showed that a majority of Americans now thought the war was a mistake. Senator Eugene McCarthy became popular by proposing an end to the war. He nearly defeated Johnson in the New Hampshire primary and his success led to Bobby Kennedy's entry into the Presidential race. Martin Luther King spoke out against the war and riots broke out across the US after his assassination. The Chicago protests at the Democratic convention and the police response led to bloodshed on all sides. During the election, Nixon attacked Humphrey based on his support of Johnson's war policies. Every Thursday, the number of Americans killed in Vietnam was released to the media. Nixon won the election by a slim margin and the Vice President Spiro Agnew began attacking the media as biased. Soon however, the public learned of the massacre at My Lai and even Vietnam Veterans began protesting the war. Written by garykmcd See less

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
Spiro Agnew Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Spiro Agnew's Asian Trip (1970)
Steve Bell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	America This Morning (1982)
Sam Brown Self Self See fewer	Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein (1983)
Stokely Carmichael Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
John Chancellor Self Self See fewer	Baseball (1994)
David Dellinger Self Self See fewer	Ethan Frome (1992)
Jim Fallows Self Self See fewer	Our Towns (2021)
Don Farmer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Terror in the Skies I: Military Air Disasters (2000)
J. William Fulbright Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Week (1956)
Robert Garver Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
David Harris Self Self See fewer	Carry It On (1970)
Lewis B. Hershey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Youth in Crisis (1943)
Hubert H. Humphrey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Candidate (1972)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) See fewer	Spartamerika
Nicholas Katzenbach Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Robert F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
John Kerry Self Self See fewer	Cheers (1982)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Henry Kissinger Self Self See fewer	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Melvin Laird Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jimmy Dean Show (1963)
Will Lyman Narrator Narrator See fewer	Mystic River (2003)
Eugene McCarthy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
Paul O'Dwyer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Peter Paul & Mary Themselves Themselves See fewer	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Ray Price Self Self See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
Martha Raye Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Jerry Rubin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Panther (I) (1995)
Bayard Rustin Self Self See fewer	Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
William Sloane Coffin Self Self See fewer	Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements (1985)
John C. Stennis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Today (1952)
Frank Sullivan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	American Experience (1987)