Editing Port Huron Statement (section)

{{Short description|Political document written by the Students for a Democratic Society}}
The '''Port Huron Statement'''<ref name="PHS-Fox">{{cite web |title=The Port Huron Statement |url=http://www.progressivefox.com/misc_documents/PortHuronStatement.pdf |website=The Progressive Fox |publisher=Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)|edition=Original|access-date=6 September 2019}}</ref> is a 1962 [[manifesto|political manifesto]] of the American [[student activism|student activist]] movement [[Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization)|Students for a Democratic Society]] (SDS).<ref>{{cite web|last=Patrick|first=Colin|title=The Dude, The Port Huron Statement, and The Seattle Seven|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/26831/dude-port-huron-statement-and-seattle-seven|website=[[Mental Floss]]|date=January 10, 2011|access-date=September 25, 2023}}</ref> It was written by SDS members, and completed on June 15, 1962, at a [[United Auto Workers]] (UAW) retreat outside of [[Port Huron]], [[Michigan]] (now part of [[Lakeport State Park]]), for the group's first national convention.<ref name=these>{{cite web|url=http://inthesetimes.com/article/13053/the_port_huron_statement_still_radical_at_50 |title=The Port Huron Statement: Still Radical at 50 |website=[[In These Times (publication)|In These Times]] |date=25 April 2012}}</ref> Under [[Walter Reuther]]'s leadership, the UAW paid for a range of expenses for the 1962 convention, including use of the UAW summer retreat in Port Huron.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Boyle|first=Kevin|url=https://archive.org/details/uawheydayofameri0000boyl/page/159|title=The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism, 1945–1968|date=1995-11-21|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-1-5017-1327-9|pages=159|language=en}}</ref> A state historical marker will be erected on the site in 2025.<ref>https://www.wphm.net/2024/09/30/historical-marker-to-commemorate-political-manifesto/</ref>