NHK took to the streets of Osaka and asked 59 people chosen at random to pose for pictures. Forty-seven of them, or 80 percent, spontaneously made the peace sign. When asked why they did it, one ...

Vietnam War Protests: The peace symbol, popularized by anti-war movements, became a global sign of resistance. Civil Rights Movement: Protest songs like “We Shall Overcome” unified and ...

The White House is pressured to negotiate for peace. The War officially ends in 1973. The U.S. maintains a presence in the South until Saigon falls to the communists in April 1975. Vietnam is ...

The Vietnam War was our longest ... Kissinger slips at one point, saying the "peace with honor" doctrine was also Nixon’s way of appeasing the Right. To appease the war’s opponents, Nixon ...

"I am a messenger from the suffering peasants in South Vietnam," Nhat Hanh announced, "and I have come here to tell you that the war must stop." To advocate peace is considered a serious crime in ...