Formed in 1960 by Tom Hayden and other Michigan students, inspired by socialists of the 1930s, the Beat Generation, and student participation in the Civil Rights Movement
1962 - SDS, SNCC, CORE and Student Peace Union meeting at Port Huron, Michigan
Called upon students to change the political and social system, liberate the poor, ethnic minorities and all enslaved by conformity, and support a peaceful foreign policy
Gained national attention with April 1965 anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Washington DC, 25,000 marched but didn't do anything to halt President Johnson's continued escalation of the war
