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- American University student response to Kent State shootings - Outs, May 1970
- Date
- 1970-05
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- This film features images of students and traffic around American University’s campus including the MPD presence around Ward Circle. One student is shown in handcuffs while others are shown giving the peace sign in front of a bus. This footage was not selected for the final version of the Strike film.
- Subject
- College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
- Local Identifier
- Strike _Outs
- Type
- black-and-white film
- Collection
- Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25218
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- moving image
- Title
- American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part one), May 1970
- Date
- 1970-05
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- Film begins with scenes of students protesting on American University’s campus and vicinity. Students are shown washing car windows around Ward Circle, approaching vehicles and giving drivers flyers. The Artemas Ward statue is shown covered in a sheet that reads "How Many More?" There is extensive footage of the interaction between the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and students including one arrest. The film follows the students as they head downtown including scenes outside Peace Corps office on Pennsylvania Ave. The students end up on the National Mall for a large rally and concert.
- Subject
- College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
- Local Identifier
- AU_Teaching_Project_1
- Type
- black-and-white film
- Collection
- Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55829
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- moving image
- Title
- American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part two), May 1970
- Date
- 1970-05
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- Film begins with a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance by the Bethesda/Chevy Chase Rescue Squad and Red Cross workers. The bulk of the film consists of scenes of students congregating on and around American University’s campus including signs for a variety of activities such as a memorial service and smoke-in and images of the MPD response including tear gas canisters spewing gas and students washing out each others eyes. Also featured is footage of a formal gathering in the amphitheater with AU President George Williams, various campus administrators, and Professor Adbul Said. Though the film includes interviews with students, the soundtrack is missing so the interviews cannot be heard.
- Subject
- College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
- Local Identifier
- AU_Teaching_Project_2
- Type
- black-and-white film
- Collection
- Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55828
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- American University students and guests in campus student center during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
- Date
- 1970-05
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- This film shows the interior of Mary Graydon Center on American University’s Campus during the Kent State protests. Some students are seen hanging out in the lounge and on the stairs while others are sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags. This footage was not selected for use in final version of the Strike film.
- Subject
- College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
- Local Identifier
- MGC_Sleeping_and_Waiting _Outs
- Type
- black-and-white film
- Collection
- Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55097
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Concert held at American University during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
- Date
- 1970-05
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- This film shows a concert held in the Woods-Brown Amphitheater at American University during the Kent State protests.
- Subject
- College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
- Local Identifier
- Rally_and_Concert
- Type
- black-and-white film
- Collection
- Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25217
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Demonstrate in Washington D.C.!
- Date
- 1970/1975
- Description
- Flier distributed by the New England Regional Students for a Democratic Society publicizing a demonstration at the Labor Department on Saturday May 9 in Washington, D.C. The demonstration demands the U.S. get out of Southeast Asia, stopping political repression, no ROTC and military recruitment on campuses, and support striking Teamsters.
- Subject
- College students -- Political activity -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Labor unions -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- SC_Frazier_F_0166
- Type
- fliers (printed matter)
- Collection
- Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:71035
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- text
- Title
- G.I. Conference Forum Toward Action at American University
- Date
- 1971
- Description
- This flier publicizes the G.I. Conference Forum Toward Action at the American University on Saturday April 10, 1971. Speakers at the conference include Rennie Davis, Ron Dellums, representatives of the Student Mobilization Committee, and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. A free concert follows the conference, including performances by Barbara Dane, Beastly Times, and Sue Roemer.
- Subject
- College students -- Political activity -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Student strikes -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- SC_Frazier_F_0056
- Type
- fliers (printed matter)
- Collection
- Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70815
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- text
- Title
- Mass meeting; Laos invasion
- Date
- 1970/1975
- Description
- Flier publicizing a meeting, organized by the Workers League, in response to the U.S. invasion of Laos during the Vietnam War. The meeting aims to propose a strategy for a national student strike against the war and to fight for a general labor strike.
- Subject
- College students -- Political activity -- United States; Labor unions -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- SC_Frazier_F_0165
- Type
- fliers (printed matter)
- Collection
- Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:71034
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- text
- Title
- National Student Strike
- Date
- 1971
- Description
- Flier promoting the National Student Strike in Washington, D.C. on Saturday May 9, 1970 following the Kent State shootings. The flier explains student demands as being to end the war and get out of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, end all political repression, and cease university complicity with agencies of death and repression. The flier also explains American University student leafleting activities around Ward Circle and resulting police actions on Tuesday May 5 and Wednesday May 6, 1970.
- Subject
- College students -- Political activity -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Student strikes -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- SC_Frazier_F_0057
- Type
- fliers (printed matter)
- Collection
- Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70889
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- text
- Title
- People's response to police
- Date
- 1971
- Description
- Poster depicting and describing the confrontation between student protesters and police on May 5, 1971 during an anti-war demonstration near the University of Maryland College Park campus. The Student Government Association of the University of Maryland College Park is seeking donations for the Community Bail Fund to support the legal defense of those who were arrested during the confrontation with police.
- Subject
- College students -- Political activity -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Police brutality -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- SC_Frazier_P_0041
- Type
- posters
- Collection
- Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70793
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- text