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Anti-war march, Seattle, May 5, 1970

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Anti-war demonstrators carry an American flag upside down as they march from the University of Washington campus to the federal courthouse in downtown Seattle. Similar demonstrations took place on campuses all over the country after 4 Kent State University students were shot by the Ohio National Guard while protesting the U.S. bombing of Cambodia.

Signs in image: National Student Strike! Solidarity with Kent Univ. Nixon is defending Cambodia in Kent [...].
Handwritten on sleeve: U. W. demonstration.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 6, 1970.

Caption information source: P-I exhibit.
ID Number: 1986.5.52219.1
Date: 1970
Creator(s): Thomas, Paul V., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.52219.1, photo by Paul V. Thomas
Copyright: All Rights Reserved