Michael Metz · Voices of Illinois · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Title: Michael Metz
Date(s): 10/3/2019
Interviewee(s): Michael Metz See all items with this value
Interviewer(s): Katie Nichols See all items with this value
Summary: Michael Metz attended the U of I from 1965 to 1970. He came from a family with very traditional values, but he eventually became active in the Free Speech Movement and protests of the Vietnam War. He feels that his liberal arts education and conversations he had with friends helped him understand the injustices of the world. Metz also mentions that the people protesting were initially a small but powerful minority, but over time, the majority of students likely believed in their cause.
Subject(s): student protest reunion See all items with this value; vietnam war See all items with this value; protests See all items with this value; students for a democratic society See all items with this value; students for free speech See all items with this value
Related Resources: Chronology of Campus Protests, ca. 1972 (RS: 41/66/700); The University of Illinois in the Cold War Era 1945-1975: The Fight for Freedom; The University of Illinois in the Cold War Era 1945-1975: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at U of I; Vern Fein Oral History