Ighram Vietnam War

Although both Glen Inghram and Veronica Majerol write bold arguments, in the end it is Majerol’s article that proves the point more effectively.
The article written by Glen Inghram in Western Journal of Black Studies; Pullman titled “NAACP Support of the Vietnam War: 1963-1969” talks about the head of the NAACP, his relation with President Johnson and the support they provided to his policy. It goes on to mention that it was also a financial benefit to the organization to stand with the president during that time.
The article written by Veronia Majerol in New York Times Upfront, titled “The Vietnam WAR” talks more on how the war divided America, mostly between generations, the older crowds supported the war and the younger crowd resisted even
Wilkins encouraged people in his organization to limit and almost banned the criticism of policy regarding the Vietnam War. Local representatives were asked not to participate in anti-war protests to avoid conflicts of interest between their personal views against the war and their roles as officers of the NAACP. (Inghram)
The Vietnam War was the first racially integrated war fought by the U.S. government, there were many accomplishments of African-Americans which were highlighted in various publications. The NAACP received funding of over two million dollars between the years of 1963-1969, which suggested that by showing support to the president’s policy was financially beneficial to the organization.
Increasing their role in the war, they believed would further legitimize their overall stature within American society, sharing this belief were then Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Until 1968, in a turning point in the war, first the Tet Offensive and the My Lai massacre which offered the American public a glimpse of the real Vietnam, in contrast to what the government was providing as a constructed
He died in a hospital the next day, this was a portrayal of one of the many ways people protested because they were against the Vietnam War, a decade-long conflict that tore the U.S. apart, leaving many Americans’ faith in their nation and its political leaders shaken. (Majerol)
She goes on to quote David L. Anderson, a historian and co-editor of The War That Never Ends: New Perspectives on the Vietnam War, “the Vietnam War was one of those events that touched practically everybody in America.” People questioned their country, did America always win? Those concepts that Americans had never thought about.