Photograph of the Mayflower Hotel ballroom at the Unity Day Rally hosted in the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., 10 November 1968

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Description: A crowd of around 5,000 people gathered for a Unity Day Rally on Sunday November 10, 1968 in the Mayflower Hotel Ballroom to oppose Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle's support of the Humanae Vitae's stance on birth control and to support the 54 dissident priests who disagree with Cardinal O'Boyle. The rally was also attended by a caucus of black priests who discussed racism in the church and some Catholics from San Antonio who presented their own demands. Senator Eugene McCarthy was the keynote speaker at the rally.

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Title: Photograph of the Mayflower Hotel ballroom at the Unity Day Rally hosted in the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., 10 November 1968
Creator(s): Frazier, Patrick
Created: 1968-11-10
Issued: 2018-02-01
Genre: black-and-white negatives
Topical Subject(s): Birth control -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church ; Catholic Church -- Pope, 1963- (Paul VI). -- Humanae vitae ; Demonstrations -- United States ; Dissenters, Religious -- United States
Subject(s) -- Corporate Name: Mayflower Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
Continent: North and Central America
Country: United States
First Order Political Division: District of Columbia
City: Washington
Rights Statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_N_1064
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:71323

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