Timeline+of+the+Draft

=Timeline= 1775-Start of the American Revolutionary War and the first Conscientious Objectors, (quakers). 1863-Conscription established in both the Union and Confederacy. 1863-March 3, riots broke out over the draft which resulted in the death of 191 people 1917-Conscription reintroduced with the Selective Service Act. 1940-President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act. 1942-First draft lottery drawing. 1948-New selective service act required all men 19-26 to join. 1951-Universal Military Training and Service Act. 1958-Martin Luther King wrote __Stride Toward Freedom__, which had a big impact on civil rights. 1960-About 40 college students staged a sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter. 1965-Malcom X denounced military involvement in Vietnam, and is assassinated. 1965-March on Washtington of about 25,000 people. 1965-35,000 people circled the White House protesting. 1966-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee took a stand. 1966-Muhammad Ali v. United States to qualify as a conscientious objector. 1967-Military Selective Service Act required all men 18-26 to register and war in Vietnam starts. 1968-In Oakland California, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the black panther party of self defense. 1968-Obrian v Selective Service to argue the act of burning his draft card. 1973-Draft ended and the U.S. converted to an All-Volunteer military. 1974-President Ford granted clemency to many draft registers. 1975-Registration requirement was suspended. 1980-Registration requirement was resumed again by President Jimmy Carter in preparation for the Soviet invasion of Afganistan. 1981-Rostker v. Goldberg case to argue whether women should be drafted, decided against it. 2003-Charles Rangel proposed a bill to reinstate the draft, bill defeated in congress. 2004-Chief of Selective Service proposed that the military draft includes women too. 2006-Charles Rangel attempted to reintroduce bill to reinstate the draft, bill defeated again in congress. =Navigation:= Conscientious Objectors and the Draft Home Charles Rangel Michael Simmons Muhammad Ali = = =Bibliography:= http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0844347.html http://usmilitary.about.com/od/deploymentsconflicts/l/bldrafthistory.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsncc.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/a715024 "Rostker v. Goldber." Legal Information Institute. Cornell Law School. May 7, 2007. 