10/21/1967: 30,000 Protest At Pentagon
After a week of protests across the country (see timeline entries for 10/16 and 10/20), 100,000 people gather for a peaceful demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. After the rally, 30,000 demonstrators made their way to the Pentagon (U.S. Department of Defense headquarters), some waving the Viet Cong flag, for another rally and [...]
10/20/1967: Further Protests in Oakland California
In a continuation of “Stop The Draft Week” (see also timeline entry for 10/16/1967), protestors demonstrate again in Oakland, California. Earlier in the week, police had used night sticks and chemical sprays to disperse protestors. Many protestors were surprised at how violent the police response had been. On the 20th, protestors barricaded roads, briefly preventing buses [...]
10/16/1967: Joan Baez Arrested in “Stop the Draft Week”
Joan Baez was among 40 protesters arrested at a military induction center, where a gathering of 250 people was trying to prevent conscripts from entering. Baez and others sat and sang, giving draftees no option but to clamber over them until police formed a barricade allowing draftees to enter the building. This was one of [...]