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Approximately 80% of all arrested suspects wanted for possession of illicit substances, are African Americans. The war on drugs has consistently forced young, African-American males into a vicious cycle of poverty, unemployment and incarceration. The…

A part of Ronald Reagan's expansive war on drugs, the 'just say no' campaign was an advertising effort to discourage children from trying illicit drugs.

Ronald Reagan gives this address to Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) at a 1975 meeting. He talks about how to use bold banners, not pale pastels, when activists advance conservative ideas.

From the Kinolibrary Archive Film collections. To order the clip clean and high res or to find out more visit http://www.kinolibrary.com. Clip ref AB15

1968 Columbia University student sit-in, protest,

Rare footage of 1969 interview with Michael Klonsky and Bernardine Dohrn, leaders of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) organization.

"We will build a revolutionary youth movement capable of actively engaging in the war against the imperialists. We will escalate our attacks until imperialism is defeated in Vietnam."
William Ayers, June 23, 1969

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It is rumored that psychedelic drugs were first introduced as a de-stigmatized phenomenon by professor Timothy Leary at Harvard University, when he conducted research into the effects of marijuana and psilocybin on users. President Nixon once called…