Rutgers University. Office of Public Information.

The Rutgers University Office of Public Information, a division of University Communications, is responsible for coordinating communications and events involving Rutgers and outside media. The records in this group relate to the three teach-ins held at Rutgers University on Apr. 9, 1965, Sept. 29-30, 1965 and Oct. 14, 1965. The first teach-in, organized by Rutgers faculty, was billed as an all-night open discussion on American foreign policy with regard to Vietnam. Public controversy was sparked by Rutgers Professor Eugene Genovese's comment: "...I do not fear or regret the impending Viet Cong victory in Vietnam. I welcome it." The second teach-in, organized by a student committee, The Committee for Free Speech, on the topic of civil liberties and academic freedom, was born of the controversy surrounding Professor Genovese's remarks at the first teach-in. The topic of the third teach-in, organized by the Students for a Democratic Society, was the cold war and its origins. Controversial events at the second and third teach-ins were, respectively, the comments of Drew University Professor James Mellen in support of Genovese, and a physical altercation between a student, Allan Martain, and Mrs. Walter Lantry, mother of a soldier serving in Vietnam.

From the description of Vietnam War teach-in records, 1965-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510514

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