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  • The Baby Boom & Beyond, 1953-1979

    Dec 13, 2017 9:45 am by University Archives
    students protest the Vietnam War. Photo courtesty of Univeristy Archives

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    First with civil rights, then with anti-Vietnam War activism, students began holding demonstrations, leading President Henry to state that the University was 'at the vortex of a social storm.'