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The 1969 People's Park protest, also known as Bloody Thursday, took place at People's Park on May 15, 1969. The Berkeley Police Department and other officers clashed with protestors over the site of the park, using deadly force. Ronald Reagan, then-governor of California, eventually sent in the state National Guard to quell the protests.
Brown, who was 25 years old in 1969, was a former divinity student who had worked hard as a campaign volunteer for Senator McCarthy in 1968, developed the concept of the moratorium protests. [5] Brown felt that protests should take place in communities rather than on university campuses so that "the heartland folks felt it belonged to them". [5]
George McGovern gives a speech at the Cow Palace the night before, which energizes the Saturday morning event. [53] November 7. On general election day, U.S. President Richard Nixon defeats George McGovern in a landslide victory with 60.7% popular votes and 520 electoral votes. December. Protests against U.S. bombings on Hanoi and Haiphong ...
As protests by college students against the war in Gaza continue,Free Press Flashback republishes an account of one of Detroit’s largest peace rallies. More than 13,000 people gathered downtown ...
By MORGAN WHITAKER Forty five years ago Saturday, more than a quarter million Americans descended on Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnam War. Demonstrations and marches were common in this ...
The Days of Rage were a series of protests during three days in October 1969 in ... Mark. "Organizing vs. Activism in 1968". Speech given at Drew University, November ...
During the early 1969 Be-In/Peace Rally, The Village Voice reported that there was said to be between 15,000 and 20,000 people in attendance. This be-in became more radical than the other be-ins that previously took place in Central Park, as bonfires erupted. One person described Sheep Meadow as having "the aura of a bombed out battlefield".
As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th year, today's historic front page is from Feb. 24, 1969: Teens win landmark case on free speech in school Historic front page from Des Moines Register ...