A protester wears a jacket that says "Solar employs, nuclear destroys" to an anti-nuclear power demonstration near the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., 06 May 1979

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Description: Spurred by the Three Mile Island accident, over 65,000 demonstrators marched on the Capitol to protest nuclear dependence, including both nuclear weapons and nuclear power on Sunday May 6, 1979. The demonstration was organized by the May 6 Coalition, an umbrella organization of anti-nuclear, environmental, and other groups.

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Title: A protester wears a jacket that says "Solar employs, nuclear destroys" to an anti-nuclear power demonstration near the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., 06 May 1979
Creator(s): Frazier, Patrick
Created: 1979-05-06
Issued: 2018-02-01
Genre: black-and-white negatives
Topical Subject(s): Antinuclear movement ; Demonstrations -- United States ; Social movements -- United States
Subject(s) -- Corporate Name: United States Capitol (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_2110
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:71565

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