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The nationwide student anti-war strike of 1970 was a massive outpouring of anti-Vietnam War protests that erupted in May of 1970 in response to the expansion of the war into neighboring Cambodia. The strike began on May 1 with walk-outs from college and high school classrooms on nearly 900 campuses across the United States. [1]
U.S. Park Police and Washington Metropolitan Police, dressed in riot gear, raided the encampment. The police gave the campers until noon to clear out. Some protesters abandoned the demonstration and left the city. The remaining protesters, estimated at 12,000, regrouped at various churches and college campuses in the area. [6]
November 9–23 – Occupy Wall Street protesters march from New York City to Washington DC, to demonstrate at a congressional committee meeting to decide whether to keep President Barack Obama's extension of tax cuts enacted under former President George W. Bush. Protesters say the cuts benefit only rich Americans.
The student activist group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held its first anti-Vietnam War protest rally in Washington, DC. [1] It was co-sponsored by Women's Strike for Peace. [2] 12,000-20,000 attended, including Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Phil Ochs. [3] [4] [1] The host was I. F. Stone. [5]
The stairs of the Lincoln Memorial, the site of the incident, seen in July 2004. In the afternoon of January 18, 2019, on the Plaza of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. two separate marches were held: the Indigenous Peoples March, which had the purpose of raising awareness of indigenous people's issues, [18] and the March for Life, [9] which had the purpose of raising awareness of anti ...
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As the protesters neared the Pentagon, they were met by soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division [7] who formed a human barricade blocking the Pentagon steps. [3] Not to be dissuaded, Abbie Hoffman vowed to levitate the Pentagon [ 7 ] claiming he would attempt to use psychic energy to levitate the Pentagon until it would turn orange and begin to ...
The Youth March for Integrated Schools in 1958 was the first of two Youth Marches that rallied in Washington, D.C. The second took place the following year. On October 25, 1958, approximately 10,000 young people, mostly of high school to college age, marched to the Lincoln Memorial to promote the desegregation of American public schools. [1]