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1971 May Day protests against the Vietnam War
| 1971 May Day protests | |||
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| Part of the opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam | |||
| Date | May 1971 | ||
| Location | Washington, D.C., U.S. | ||
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| Casualties | |||
| Arrested | 12,000 | ||
The 1971 May Day protests against the Vietnam War were a series of large-scale civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., protesting the United States' continuing involvement in the Vietnam War. The protests began on Monday morning, May 3 and ended on May 5. In all, more than 12,000 people were arrested, in what was the largest mass arrest in U.S. history.[1]
Members of the Nixon administration would come to view the events as damaging because the government's response was perceived as violating citizens' civil rights.[2]
- ^ Roberts, Lawrence (2020). Mayday 1971: A White House at War, a Revolt in the Streets, and the Untold History of America's Biggest Mass Arrest. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. xxiii. ISBN 978-1-328-76672-4.
- ^ Dean, John W. (2016-12-20). Blind Ambition: The White House Years. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1-5040-4100-3.
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