Jerry Rubin of Chicago Seven speaking in Husky Union Building (HUB) Ballroom, University of Washington, Seattle, January 17, 1970
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Created Date | 1970 |
Description | Jerry Rubin was a member of the Chicago Seven, a group of radical activists who were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Rubin was a veteran activist in California who organized the Vietnam Day Committee in 1965. He also ran for mayor of Berkeley and was a founding member of the Youth International Party (the Yippies). Rubin was invited to speak at the University of Washington while he awaited trial. The event was sponsored by UW Newsreel, the Radical Speakers Platform, and the University of Washington Philosophy Department. Rubin spoke in the Husky Union Room (HUB) ballroom. Admission was free. The event attracted over an overflow crowd of around 4,000 people. (Source: "Future on Trial," The Daily of the University of Washington, 01/20/1970) |
Creator | Karpen, Joseph |
Partner | University of Washington |
Contributing Institution | University of Washington |
Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
Type | image |
Format | image photograph Negative Scanned from a negative using a Epson Perfection 4990 at 100 ppi in grayscale. Resized using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 so that the long dimension was either 768 pixels horizontal or 600 pixels vertical, then saved in JPEG format at quality rating 3. 2013 |
URL | http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/uwcampus/id/35127 |
Rights | For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use |
- Chicago citation style
- Karpen, Joseph. Jerry Rubin of Chicago Seven speaking in Husky Union Building (HUB) Ballroom, University of Washington, Seattle, January 17, 1970. 1970. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/uwcampus/id/35127. (Accessed April 26, 2018.)
- APA citation style
- Karpen, Joseph, (1970) Jerry Rubin of Chicago Seven speaking in Husky Union Building (HUB) Ballroom, University of Washington, Seattle, January 17, 1970. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/uwcampus/id/35127
- MLA citation style
- Karpen, Joseph. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/uwcampus/id/35127>.