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Harvard University and the Vietnam War. A group of 16 handmade posters for protests at Harvard University, 1969, mostly stencil-printed original designs on thin paper, with headlines such as ROTC Kills, Strike for the Eight, Picket, Who is the Walrus, Maybe They Can't Hear Us, I Met Bolivar, Black Studies, Stop Harvard, Lesson 1 & 2, Too Much of Nothing, etc., some creasing and marginal fraying, sizes between 90.5 x 71 cm and 45 x 30 cm, together with the original posting tube in which the posters were sent back to England at the time (Quantity: 16) Rare survivals of a group of protest posters that have remained in the same family's hands since 1969. On 9 April 1969 Harvard students entered the University Hall to protest at the escalation of the Vietnam War. Among the protestors' numerous demands were the ending of Harvard's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) as it was supplying officers for the army. Even though protestors vowed non-violent resistance the University made an unprecedented decision to call in city and state police. On 14 April a mass meeting took place at the Harvard Stadium, attended by some 10,000 people who voted for strike action. The strikes continued until a second mass meeting on 17 April voted against continuing. The outcome saw the Faculty of Arts and Science relegate the ROTC programme to an extracurricular activity. It was fazed out completely but returned after the Vietnam War. A student position was created in the appointment of a newly established African America studies department.