Port Huron Statement

Gale in Context: Global Issues

Professor Jim Soto spoke about the Port Huron Statement, a political manifesto written in the summer of 1962 by the Students for a Democratic Society. Led by Tom Hayden, the 25,700 word statement outlined a new vision for America’s future, including disarmament, a revised Democratic Party, and education reform.

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2016 LCV Cities Tour” in Port Huron, Michigan, from June 18-23 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2. c

New York Times article

from The Nation. Published 10/24/2016

“A New Insurgency” has been organized by University of Michigan faculty, students, and staff. In recognition of Michigan’s role in 1960s campus radicalism, we invite scholars, activists, and community members—from this region, the U.S., and around the world—to join us and consider how insurgent campaigns for freedom, equality, and social justice arise and make history.

from The New York Times, published 10/24/2016.

from the Washington Post

Interview with Democracy Now from April 13, 2012.

The Michigan Daily

The SDS Archive is attempting to create a central location for all of the material relating to the Students for a Democratic Society.

This website includes links to the entire Port Huron Statement and a digitized copy of the original typewritten draft.

Students for a Democratic Society is a radical, multi-issue student and youth organization working to build power in our schools and communities. The NewSDS is entirely student and youth-led and has over 100 active chapters in high schools, colleges, universities, and cities all over the country.

The Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research includes a number of digitized materials on the SDS. Suggested search terms: Students for a Democratic Society; Tom Hayden;

Website includes links to e-copies of the SDS Viewpoint, a print publication which began in 1964.

A defining chapter in America's past, the '60s shaped a generation and sculpted a political landscape that can still be seen today. The story of the '60s is illuminated with images of freedom protests, atom bombs, flower power, and a nation divided by war.