May 17, 1964: 60 years ago, May 16 1964, eleven pacifist activists were arrested while [...]
60 years ago, May 16 1964, eleven pacifist activists were arrested while picketing the Lombard Street gate of the Presidio. Protesters gave speeches and handed out pamphlets denouncing the observance of Armed Forces Day as their children climbed atop and played on a tank
May 16, 1969: 55 years ago, May 16 1969, about 500 Stanford students, organized by the [...]
55 years ago, May 16 1969, about 500 Stanford students, organized by the Students for a Democratic Society-led April 3rd movement, set up burning blockades and smashed windows at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) Annex, which conducted military research for use in Vietnam The demonstrators were eventually routed by police. …
Bobby Seale reading the Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program, which was [...]
Bobby Seale reading the Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program, which was first published on this day in 1967 This footage is from a Free Huey rally at the Oakland Auditorium at which the Black Panther Party formally merged with civil rights organization SNCC https://t.co/1gBF37JXO3 https://t.co/7y8JZR6Q0f
May 16, 1967: 57 years ago, May 15 1967, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense [...]
57 years ago, May 15 1967, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense published their Ten-Point Program. Titled “What We Want Now! What We Believe,” the program was published in every consecutive issue of the Black Panther newspaper The Ten-Point Program was written on October 16, 1966 by Bobby Seale and …
May 15, 1969: 55 years ago, May 15 1969, on what came to be known as "Bloody Thursday," [...]
55 years ago, May 15 1969, on what came to be known as “Bloody Thursday,” Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies murdered James Rector when they opened fire with live ammunition on a crowd that was attempting to reclaim People’s Park in Berkeley, which had been fenced off that morning People’s Park …