I’m well aware of all of the Vietnam War portests, King’s March on Washington, etc. that took place during the 60’s.
However, I’m curious if there were any rallies in favor of the Vietnam War, or segragation, or whatever.
Thanks.
Yes. Check out the second Diane Arbus photograph here.
Rallies in favor of segregation? Plenty. Ever heard of the KKK?
As to pro-Vietnam War rallies, see here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7273136@N06/4582189337/
Several Southern governors led pro-segregation rallies in the Sixties IIRC. The Klan certainly made its views known at its cross-burning ceremonies. See also:
http://www.history.com/photos/central-high-school-integration/photo8
Lest you hink it ws only white people: The Black Panthers held rallies in favor of seregation, too.
If I knew what seregation was, I might oppose it too.
Wow, that straw hat makes that kid look like a relic from an earlier era.
I actually went to a pro-war rally in NY in 1966 or so, and still have a button from it. That was back when I was a reactionary.
I also got to involuntarily participate in an anti-war riot.
I was both on campus and in the military in the 60’s (not at the same time), and I can’t recall any pro-war rallies at all. Tons of anti-war rallies.
Besides, if any pro-war rallies were held on campus, the peace-loving students would have beaten them to a pulp.
Heck, yes! Anyone who lived in New York City during the late Sixties and early Seventies remembers the “hard hat” riots.
I remember Young Republicans showing up to counter-protest at some anti-war protests. They were heavily outnumbered and avoided confrontation. After dark, some of them began to mix in with the crowd. I think they saw us having a lot more fun.
As** Musicat **points out, at some rallies they would be extremely unwelcome.
There were also some weirdo types that wandered around trying to save our souls. Their political stances weren’t necessarily coherent. I tried to post bail once with a check for eternal life from a guy named Holy Joe. The judge wasn’t amused.
Unorganized opposition to the war abounded though. I’ve seen attempts, and one success, at running over protesters with cars. And some the cops would mace us and lob tear gas without revealing their position on the war. Their main beef was a bunch of dirty hippies calling them pigs.
Anti-segregation rallies were going on all the time indepently of pro-integration rallies. These weren’t all KKK types. Sometimes they were just plain old people who weren’t racists :rolleyes:, they just didn’t want colored people moving into their neigborhoods.
I was on campus, in Cambridge MA, from 1969 - 73. True, no pro-war rallies, but that was because the number supporting the war was so small. I did back then, and never felt threatened in the slightest. Now, I was a long-haired hippy conservative, but those who looked more the type never, ever said anything to make it seem like they were the least bit intimidated.
I was in many protests, picket lines, sit-ins, etc. during the 60s, and there were usually counter-protesters. And in certain issues I was among the counter-protesters. But I don’t recall one instance of the “counter” being the main agenda.
When I was a sophomore at a very conservative Catholic high school in New York, my history teacher took a group of us to participate a couple of pro-war demonstrations. This would have been about 1966.
Three years later, when I was in college, I was getting tear-gassed in front of the Pentagon. 
What were you counter protesting if I may be so bold as to inquire?
There must have been some rallies in support of George Wallace’s two presidential campaigns, which were basically about maintaining segregation.
For a while I supported the war in Vietnam (but still opposed the draft).