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- Title
- 160* Trade union leaders ask your support to end the war
- Date
- 1971
- Description
- Flier, created by the National Peace Action Coalition in 1971, that publicizes the Moratorium Day on October 13, 1971 and the November 6 anti-war protests in Washington, D.C. and urges trade unionists to participate.
- Subject
- Labor unions -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Economic aspects -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- SC_Frazier_F_0151
- Type
- fliers (printed matter)
- Collection
- Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70847
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- text
- Title
- 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform, Image 03
- Date
- October 4, 2019
- Creator
- Dan Kerr
- Description
- Pamela Beardsley
- Subject
- Washington, DC; American University; student; alumni; 1969; activism; protests; Martin Luther King; police; police violence; anti-war; Cambodia; Vietnam; Kent State; graduation
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- American University 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1744
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- still image
- Title
- 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform, Image 04
- Date
- October 4, 2019
- Creator
- Dan Kerr
- Description
- Mark Speiser
- Subject
- Washington, DC; American University; student; alumni; 1969; activism; protests; Adam Clayton Powell; Muhammad Ali; Martin Luther King; Robert Kennedy; March on Pentagon; anti-war; race
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- American University 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1745
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- still image
- Title
- 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform, Image 06
- Date
- October 4, 2019
- Creator
- Maren Orchard
- Description
- A man enters the packed Humanities Truck exhibit.
- Subject
- Washington, DC; American University; student; alumni; 1969; activism; protests
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- American University 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1747
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- still image
- Title
- 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform, Image 10
- Date
- October 4, 2019
- Creator
- Maren Orchard
- Description
- Dan Kerr talks with Thomas Hartman, a graduate of the Class of 1963.
- Subject
- Washington, DC; American University; student; alumni; 1969; activism; protests; Adam Clayton Powell; Muhammad Ali; Martin Luther King; Robert Kennedy; March on Pentagon; anti-war; race relations
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- American University 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1751
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- still image
- Title
- 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
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- 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
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- moving image
- Title
- Anti War Union
- Date
- 1972
- Description
- Flier, put together by the Anti War Union, depicts two graphic images of dead or injured Vietnamese civilians and damage caused by bombings, and describes the volume of bombs being dropped on Vietnam by President Nixon.
- Subject
- Demonstrations -- United States; Political conventions; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- SC_Frazier_F_0163
- Type
- fliers (printed matter)
- Collection
- Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70851
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- text
- Title
- Arren Mills Interview, October 28, 2020
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Arren Mills; Shae Corey; Person responsible unknown
- Description
- In this interview, Arren Mills discusses many aspects of her life, including her family life, her career, and her hopes for the future. She touches on her personal history, her expanding career in birth photography and as a doula, and her social activism. She describes her experience at protests over the summer of 2020, her fears and hopes for the social justice movement going forward, and her desires for her two young girls. With honesty and poise, Arren Mills provides perspective on protesting, activism, and motherhood in this interview.
- Subject
- motherhood; COVID-19; Black Lives Matter; doula; social justice; protests
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Through Mother's Eyes: Black Lives Matters Protest, Summer 2020
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2473
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- still 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
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- moving image
- Title
- DMZ Coffeehouse Demonstration
- Date
- [1971-1974]
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Subject
- Demonstrations -- United States; Memorial service; Soldiers -- Political activity -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Local Identifier
- SC_Frazier_F_0011
- Type
- fliers (printed matter)
- Collection
- Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65658
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- text
- Title
- DMZ Coffeehouse Protest Conduct
- Date
- [1971-1974]
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Subject
- Nonviolence -- United States; Soldiers -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Local Identifier
- SC_Frazier_F_0007
- Type
- fliers (printed matter)
- Collection
- Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65656
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- text
- Title
- Emergency nationwide Moratorium May 4
- Date
- 1972
- Description
- Flier publicizing Federal Employees for Peace events during the nationwide moratorium on May 4, 1972 and associated activities planned throughout the week.
- Subject
- Demonstrations -- United States; Protest movements -- United States; United States -- Officials and employees -- Political activity; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- SC_Frazier_F_0088
- Type
- fliers (printed matter)
- Collection
- Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70824
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- text
- Title
- Federal Employees for Peace
- Date
- 1969
- Description
- Flier created by Federal Employees for Peace to encourage participation and awareness of the Vietnam Moratorium activities planned for federal employees in various agencies on October 15, 1969.
- Subject
- Demonstrations -- United States; Vietnam Moratorium, 1969; United States -- Officials and employees -- Political activity; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- SC_Frazier_F_0093
- Type
- fliers (printed matter)
- Collection
- Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70826
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- text
- Title
- Flags protesting development of Cinta Costera hang from windows, Panama City, Panama
- Date
- 2012-04-13
- Creator
- Teter, Rachel
- Publisher
- American University. Archives and Special Collections.
- Subject
- Protest movements -- Panama
- Country
- Panama
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Teter_0621
- Type
- digital images
- Collection
- Rachel Teter collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:680
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- still image
- 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
- Hari Zandler Interview, October 4, 2019
- Date
- October 4, 2019
- Creator
- Dan Kerr; Hari Zandler
- Description
- Hari Zandler, American University Class of 1969, talks about his journey to peace as a student at American University. He remembers being part of the Peace Movement and struggling to find inner peace at AU and in France. He discusses how taking yoga classes on campus helped him find peace. Hari reflects on the demonstration against the War in Cambodia on Ward Circle and commends the bravery of the students and how they emobided the spirit of the time. He remembers being chased by the police back to campus and finding solace in the Spiritual Life center. He ends by saying he lives his life by the same ideals he had as a student: "peace is a reality in my life."
- Subject
- Washington, DC; AU alumni; AU students; 1969; 2019 Golden Eagles Reunion; President Richard Nixon; Activism on American University campus; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Cambodia; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Anti-war protests; Peace movements; Inner peace; Yoga; AU Professor Abdul Said; School of International Service (SIS)
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- American University 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1947
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- mixed material
- Title
- Jane McCarthy Interview, October 9, 2020
- Date
- October 9, 2020
- Creator
- Dr. Elizabeth Jane McCarthy; Connor Mitchell
- Description
- Dr. Jane McCarthy served in Vietnam as a nurse in the 95th Evacuation Hospital in Da Nang. Prior to her deployment to Vietnam, Dr. McCarthy worked as a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit’s recovery staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC. Prior to enlisting in the Army as a nurse, Dr. McCarthy grew up in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The interview spans the story of Dr. McCarthy’s life immediately before the war in Vietnam, during her time in Vietnam, and immediately after her return home from the war. Interview conducted virtually via TheirStory
- Subject
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center; Vietnam; Vietnam War; Saigon; Da Nang; hospital; 95th Evacuation Hospital; army; surgery; helicopter; nursing; nurse; military medicine; protest; anti-war; enlistment; corpsman; doctor
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2552
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- mixed material