Anti-war protesters outside Boeing headquarters, Seattle, May 1, 1970
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- 1970
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On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon informed the nation that U.S. forces were expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Over the following days, protests and strikes against this move erupted at colleges and in cities throughout the country. In Seattle, the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee got a permit for a march from the U.S. Courthouse to the Federal Building. The Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) joined in the protest, which grew to 1,000 people by the time it ended. Nine people were arrested. Demonstrators gathered at the Second Avenue headquarters of The Boeing Company to protest the firm's involvement in the war effort. Employees fled as 150 protesters entered the building, but the protesters left peacefully when requested by the police. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, May 1, 1970, page 56 Caption information source: The Seattle Times, May 2, 1970, page 11
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Thomas, Paul Seattle Post Intelligencer
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- Northwest Digital Heritage
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- Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI)
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- University of Washington
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- King County Snapshots
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- Thomas, Paul Seattle Post Intelligencer. Anti-war protesters outside Boeing headquarters, Seattle, May 1, 1970. 1970. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/9831. (Accessed January 22, 2025.)
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- Thomas, Paul Seattle Post Intelligencer, (1970) Anti-war protesters outside Boeing headquarters, Seattle, May 1, 1970. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/9831
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- Thomas, Paul Seattle Post Intelligencer. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/9831>.