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Police Seize 5,000 Protesters: Mayday 1971

The Washington Star carries the headline “Police Seize 5,000 Protesters, Keep Rush-Hour Traffic Moving,” in an early edition of the afternoon newspaper on May 3, 1971.

 

The Mayday Tribe, a loose knit group of individuals, collectives and affinity groups, organized an attempt to shut down the U.S. government in Washington, D.C. in protest of the continued war in Indochina May 3-5, 1971 through the use of non violence civil disobedience.

 

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Washington Star, May 3, 1971, page A-1.

 

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Taken on May 3, 1971