Students for a Democratic Society collection. [1966-1974]

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Students for a Democratic Society collection. [1966-1974]

The collection contains leaflets, newspapers clippings, pamphlets, and photographs created by members of Students for a Democratic Society and pertaining to the politics and activities of that group from roughly 1966-1974. A large proportion of the materials relate specifically to the presence of the SDS at Michigan State University.

2 boxes (57 folders) ; 36 x 31 x 41 cm.

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Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)

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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is a radical student group that descended from the Intercollegiate Socialist Society (ISS) which was founded in 1905. The ISS changed its name in 1921 to the League for Industrial Democracy (LID), a social-democratic educational and organizational group. Its student branch, the Student League for Industrial Democracy (SLID), merged with National Student League in 1935 to form American Student Union (ASU) but soon split over ASUs alleged communist affiliati...