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| Title | Day After demonstration at the Federal Courthouse |
| Creator | Seattle Liberation Front
Revolutionary Youth Movement |
| Publisher/Affiliation | Seattle Liberation Front
Revolutionary Youth Movement |
| Place of Publication | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | 1970 |
| Notes | Alternative title: The Day After … Seize the Time.
Announces: Mass meeting, Wednesday, 7:30 P.M. at the HUB, to organize The Day After demonstration at the Federal Courthouse.
Calls for: "Free Huey [Newton], free the Conspiracy [8], free Elmer Dixon, free all political prisoners."
Background information: Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed in a police raid on Panther headquarters, December 4, 1969.
Background information: The Conspiracy 8 (or "Chicago 8") included Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, Tom Hayden, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale. They stood trial on charges of crossing state lines with the intent to incite violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Background information: The Day After demonstration occurred in Seattle on February 17, 1970. About 2, 000 people led by the Seattle Liberation Front assaulted the Federal Court House with "tear gas, smoke bombs, rocks, and paint." (Crowley, Walt. Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 281) |
| Intended Purpose | Mobilization
Event Publicity
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| Issue Area | Vietnam protests – anti government
Racism
Civil liberties
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| Organizations Mentioned | Black Panthers |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Racism--United States
Human rights--United States
Political prisoners--United States
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movement
Black Panther Party brt Seale, Bobby, 1936-
Dixon, Elmer
Seattle Liberation Front
Revolutionary Youth Movement
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| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
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| Digital ID Number | VTN015 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | DS559.62 W3 Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection, Box 3/4 |
| Object Type | Flier
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| Physical Description | 27.5 x 21.5 cm |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text at 400 dpi in color, saved in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2003. |
