This Day in History : [ 15 / Apr ]

Antiwar protests held in New York and San Francisco

Massive parades to protest Vietnam policy are held in New York and San Francisco.In New York police estimated that 100000 to 125000 people listened to speeches by Martin Luther King Jr.Floyd McKissick Stokely Carmichael and Dr.

Benjamin Spock.Prior to the march nearly 200 draft cards were burned by youths in Central Park.In San Francisco black nationalists led a march but most of the 20000 marchers were white.