Charles Hardy

Charles Hardy

Draft resisters

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970

Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)

Temple University

Counterculture

In this interview Charles Hardy discusses his upbringing and his time during the Vietnam War as an anti-war activist. He grew up around New York City. He was active from 1968-1972. He went to high school at a private boys academy, The Browning School. There he became immersed in the counterculture movement of NYC. He participated in the Moratorium on the Vietnam war in Washington D.C., in 1969. While attending Northwestern University, he fasted to go underweight to avoid the draft.

2022-07-16

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Thomas Wood

Charles Hardy

Selective Service

American exceptionalism

Draft Dodging

New School of Social Research

Roy Campanella

Browning School for Boys in Manhattan