Carl Douglas Rogers (1954–2016) was an American anti-war activist, writer, Sunday School teacher, and cancer patient advocate.
[2] From March 1966 to April 1967,[1] Rogers was an Army Specialist Fourth Class chaplain's assistant with the 1st Logistical Command at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.
He could organize a press conference in half a second", in contrast with Barry, who was "the articulate intellectual, always referring to Tom Paine and Thoreau.
"[2] In August 1968 in Grant Park, Chicago, Rogers witnessed police brutality during a rally in support of presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy.
He recalled Chicago police storming the streets, beating bystanders with batons, as well as antiwar protesters, journalists and supporters.
[1] Rogers commissioned and proliferated "a blizzard of anti-war ads" by "simpatico advertising agencies" which were published in newspapers, magazines, billboards, posters, radio and on TV.
In April 1971, he attended Operation Dewey Canyon III, a peaceful protest during which hundreds of Vietnam veterans threw their war medals in trash heaps outside of the Capitol building.
Some scorched the air with their curses, said author Gerald Nicosia in his history of the Vietnam Veterans Movement, Home to War.
Performers included Phil Ochs,[14] Joan Baez,[15] Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Paul Simon, Patti Smith,[16] Richie Havens, Harry Belafonte and Peter Yarrow.
As a patient advocate, he served on the National Cancer Institute editorial board, dealing with complementary and alternative medicine.
"[10]In 2007, he attended the 40-year VVAW reunion in Chicago, where he recounted stories about its rallies and foundation, including Operation Dewey Canyon III.