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The Hard Hat Riot occurred in New York City on May 8, 1970, when around 400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970.
It documents two protest rallies against the Vietnam War that took place in May 1970: the Hard Hat Riot on Wall Street in New York City and Kent State/Cambodia Incursion Protest in Washington, D.C. The numerous camera operators do impromptu interviews with the protesters and the spectators.
In a televised address to the nation on April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon announced the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. [2] [3] On May 1, protests on college campuses and in cities throughout the U.S. began.
Vietnam Veteran Throwing Medal at the U.S. Capital. On April 23, 1971 Vietnam Veterans Against the War staged what was arguably "one of the most dramatic and influential events of the antiwar movement" as hundreds of Vietnam veterans, dressed in combat fatigues and well worn uniforms, stepped up, and angrily, one after another for three straight hours, hurled their military medals, ribbons ...
Before “All in the Family” debuted, there was a profound gap between real life and what was being depicted on TV series. In his autobiography “Even This I Get to Experience,” Norman Lear ...
With 'Occupied City,' filmmaker Steve McQueen adapts his wife's house-by-house, street-by-street guide to the city's history under German occupation.
1970 — Hard Hat Riot, Wall Street, May 8, New York City; 1970 — Jackson State killings, May 14—15, two killed, Jackson, Mississippi; 1970 — Stoneman Meadow Riot, July 4, 1970, Yosemite, California; 1970 — 1970 Asbury Park race riots, July 4—10, Asbury Park, New Jersey; 1970 — 1970 Memorial Park riot, August 24—27, Royal Oak ...
Shortly after the Kent State shootings, construction workers in Manhattan assaulted antiwar protestors in what became known as the "Hard Hat Riot.” Nixon promptly invited the leaders of their ...