Students stage peaceful protest against Dow Chemicals

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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A peaceful student protest of Dow Chemicals, the company that manufactures napalm for use in Vietnam, escalates into the first violent campus conflict between police and students.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Students stage peaceful protest against Dow Chemicals". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=3465, accessed 23 November 2024.]

3465 Students stage peaceful protest against Dow Chemicals 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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