Race & War: Evading Vietnam

Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 1 a.m.

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When Nick was drafted to Vietnam, he made the difficult decision not to go to war. As a black man growing up in the civil rights era, he struggled to justify fighting on behalf of a country that treated him like a second-class citizen. On this episode of Sworn Testimonies, Nick discusses growing up in the sixties, and how he eventually managed to evade the draft.\\xa0\\xa0

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