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A May Day protester is forced to the ground by a riot officer, as other officers move in to assist, 01-03 May 1971
Title
A May Day protester is forced to the ground by a riot officer, as other officers move in to assist, 01-03 May 1971
Date
[1971-05-01/1971-05-03]
Creator
Frazier, Patrick
Description
This image was labeled May Day (5-3-1971). The May Day protests, organized by the May Day Tribe, were meant shutdown the federal government. The protests started on May 1, 1971 and continued for the next several days in Washington, D.C. Upon further review, some of the images in this grouping are most likely from the April 24, 1971 Vietnam War Out Now rally organized by the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC), an umbrella organization comprised of approximately 100 activist groups. This particular event also featured support from the United Auto Workers, the United Farm Workers of California, and segments of the Teamsters. The demonstration is against the invasion of Cambodia for immediate withdraw of all US forces from Southeast Asia. The event featured several prominent speakers such as Reverend Ralph Abernathy of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Senator Vance Hartke, Bella Abzug and Herman Badillo, Members of Congress. Also addressing the Capitol Hill Convocation were I.F. Stone, Betty Friedan and Joseph Duffey. There were also several smaller protests leading up to Vietnam War Out Now, including Vietnam veteran demonstrations against the war and women's contingent demonstrations.
Subject
Demonstrations -- United States; Detention of persons; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
Country
United States
Local Identifier
SC_Frazier_N_0505
Type
black-and-white negatives
Collection
Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
URI/handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67566
mods_typeOfResource_mt
still image