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So for my history term paper I'm writing about the formation and purpose of the Students for a Democratic Society, and I was wondering for those of you who know about it or even were there at the time of its formation (1959, early 60s) what you think is interesting or what you remember about the organization.

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@Callis "SDS: The Future Tense Oriented kids that don't want ANYONE to f*ck up, so stop criticizing."

I think it was one of the last times people actually felt like they were heard. That they were within reach of making change. That movement was one of power that they felt being all together. They understood that if they worked together and stood for what they felt was right they could get it done.

I am old and I don't remember this in 1959 or 1960. NOBODY, not even old beatnics looked scruffy like this picture. Go to PBS and ask them. I didn't see protests until the 1966 bra burnings. I burnt my bra and then went home and put on another bra.

You know on the website I work for, when people try to get others to do their homework we shut down their threads. LOL.

I don't remember Bruce Springsteen being in it that's for sure...

Okay, so IT IS finals week. just wondering. So, really, how long have you had this assignment?

this is an interesting start to get an overview for your paper. All I really remember (but remember there is a gap in most of my memory from 1969-1976...) was that they were just a little scary in the Black Panther sense. In those days, I probably trended toward the pacifist groups. http://barksdale.uta.edu/undergrad2a.htm" target="_blank">http://barksdale.uta.edu/undergrad2a.htm

An interesting consideration is the transformation of SDS from clean-cut idealism to cynical radicalism. I seriously doubt that many, if any, at the founding looked like the guy in your picture. A documentary you might want to see is 'The War at Home' about the University of Wisconsin. As late as 67, most dress like extras in Leave it to Beaver. The movie has an interview with the president of SDS from like 66-67. A very clean cut and well educated guy more interested in changing the vapid, self-interested culture of the 50s than the war. Call PBS locations to find it. It is not easy to find. Having went to Madison in 70 and being from Wisconsin, I taped it off PBS.

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@Callis "SDS: The Future Tense Oriented kids that don't want ANYONE to f*ck up, so stop criticizing."

I think it was one of the last times people actually felt like they were heard. That they were within reach of making change. That movement was one of power that they felt being all together. They understood that if they worked together and stood for what they felt was right they could get it done.

I am old and I don't remember this in 1959 or 1960. NOBODY, not even old beatnics looked scruffy like this picture. Go to PBS and ask them. I didn't see protests until the 1966 bra burnings. I burnt my bra and then went home and put on another bra.

You know on the website I work for, when people try to get others to do their homework we shut down their threads. LOL.

I don't remember Bruce Springsteen being in it that's for sure...

Okay, so IT IS finals week. just wondering. So, really, how long have you had this assignment?

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