- Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
- Title:
- For the Survival of Yourself and Your Street
- Creator:
- University Street Caucus
- Contributor to Resource:
- University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
- Date of Original:
- 1969
- Subject:
- Police--Complaints against
University District (Seattle, Wash.)
Police brutality--Washington (State)--Seattle
Civil rights--Washington (State)--Seattle
Homeless persons--Washington (State)--Seattle - Location:
- United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207
- Medium:
- fliers (printed matter)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Announces: "Meeting: Every Thursday at the HUB. Meeting: Concerning Police Harassment, 7:00 Thursday night at the HUB...Room 84A." Background information: The riots referred to in the document were most likely those which occurred in the U District on August 13 and 14. After unsuccessfully trying to prevent and contain the violence for two nights, police "agreed to let the community try to handle the situation" with "scores of volunteers wearing 'peace' armbands" and "street monitors." The results were so successful that, "the Ave's self-pacification led to months of 'negotiations' among street people, merchants, residents, clergy, students, police, and city officials to reduce police harassment and establish a community center." The University Street Caucus was represented at these meetings by Jan Tissot, Bill Harrington, and Bob Shupe. (Crowley, Walt. Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 151-155,180) Note on date: 1969 is penciled on document.
Event publicity Mobilization
Civil liberties - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/protests/id/85
- 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
- Extent:
- 27.5 x 21.5 cm
- Original Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Vietnam War era ephemera collection. Accession No. 6209-001, Box 3/5 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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