- Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
- Title:
- Lest You Forget the War Goes On
- Contributor to Resource:
- University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
- Date of Original:
- 1970
- Subject:
- Racism--Washington (State)--Seattle
Freedom of speech--Washington (State)--Seattle
Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements
Demonstrations--Washington (State)--Seattle - Location:
- United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207
- Medium:
- fliers (printed matter)
- Type:
- StillImage
Text - Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Announces: "Anti-War Demonstration … Stop the Courts Day, Tues. 2:00 PM, Fed. Court, Assemble: 5th & Marion, 5th & Seneca." Background information: The Conspiracy Eight (or "Chicago Eight") included Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, Tom Hayden, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale. They stood trial on charges of crossing state lines with the intent to incite violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Background information: The Day After demonstration occurred in Seattle on February 17, 1970. About 2,000 people led by the Seattle Liberation Front assaulted the Federal Court House with "tear gas, smoke bombs, rocks, and paint." (Crowley, Walt. Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 281) Note on date: 1970 is penciled on document.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/protests/id/56
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/iiif/2/protests:56/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number]
- Extent:
- 27.5 x 21.5 cm
Scanned from original text at 400 dpi in color, saved in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2004. - Original Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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