Class of 1965
The Whispers of a Movement
Protesters in the ’64-’65 academic year laid the foundation for the anti-Vietnam War student movement that came into fruition during the latter half of the decade.
Protesters 1965
Above, James Bevel (left, in skullcap) and James Forman (center) attempted to calm people sitting in a street in Montgomery, AL. Motorcycle policemen listen in background. At left, sheriff’s possemen use horses to interfere in a picket of the Capitol building.
Archive: Civil Rights March
In 1965, Crimson Photographer Glen J. Pearcy travelled to Alabama to photograph the voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery. This is what he saw:
Hendrik Hertzberg in San Francisco
Former Crimson Managing Editor Hendrik Hertzberg ’65 poses in front of the house of Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead in San Francisco.
Hendrik Hertzberg
Former Crimson Managing Editor Hendrik Hertzberg ’65 records a podcast for newyorker.com.
Underage Protester, 1965
A "youthful demonstrator" appeared in a February 10, 1965 issue of The Crimson.
Montgomery Sheriffs and Protesters 1965
In Montgomery, Alabama, sheriffs on horseback trampled voting rights marchers near the state Capitol on March 16, 1965. Crimson photographer Glen J. Pearcy photographed the voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in the spring of 1965.
Selma 1965
The Crimson printed this photograph by Glen J. Pearcy in a March 24, 1965 issue of the paper.
"Mob at Mem Church," 1965
A photograph of Albert Maher '63-2 entreating a mob at Memorial Church appeared in The Crimson on February 13, 1965.
Montgomery Police 1965
Montgomery police waited for demonstrators on March 17 and 18, 1965 during the voting rights march from Montgomery to Selma. This photograph appeared in The Crimson later that month.
Anti-Vietnam Post Office March, 1965
Anti-war pickets struggle to stuff postcards into the Central Square post-office box in February, 1965.