- Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
- Title:
- Stop the courts! The day after the verdict [page 1 of 2]
- Creator:
- Seattle Liberation Front
- Date of Original:
- 1970
- Subject:
- Conspiracy--United States
Civil rights--United States
Racism--United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements - People:
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004
Seale, Bobby, 1936-
Hoffman, Julius J. (Julius Jennings), 1895-1983 - Location:
- United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207
- Medium:
- fliers (printed matter)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Announces: "Mass meeting on the action," Wednesday, 7:30 P.M., at the HUB, to organize The Day After demonstration at the Federal Courthouse.
Quote from document: "Everytime the defense raises relevant questions about the war and racism, Judge Hoffman overrules them at the same time that he upholds hundreds of the prosecution's objections. The explanation for this is simple. Hoffman and Company cannot allow the one thing inside the courtroom - the truth. The truth about the rulers of this country's attempt to destroy Vietnam, the blacks and anyone brave enough to try and stop them."
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)
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/protests/id/44
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/iiif/2/protests:44/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Scanned from original text at 400 dpi in color, saved in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2003.
27.5 x 21.5 cm - Original Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection, Box 1/6. University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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