May 7, 1969: 55 years ago, May 7 1969, members of the Red Guard, a Maoist group made up [...]
55 years ago, May 7 1969, members of the Red Guard, a Maoist group made up of working-class Chinese youth from San Francisco, gave a talk on Chinese history to a San Rafael High School history class at the invitation of a student. The teacher was forced to make a formal apology
The Red Guard were formed earlier that year by young revolutionaries in Chinatown with direct help from the Black Panther Party. The lecture, which contained attacks on “pig” police and advocated smoking “groovy” marijuana, inflamed controversy locally https://t.co/K8fZK47FZf
