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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1968
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[handwritten] Boycott classes on Black Tuesday - Black Tuesday is the day of national mourning for Martin Luther King, Jr. - Black Tuesday is the day on which black leaders have called a national black workers' strike. - Black Tuesday is the day for us to BOYCOTT CLASSES to discuss the more important issues of racism, poverty, and exploitation in America. - Black Tuesday MUST BE the day to move beyond pious words while America is burning down. -- WE MUST address ourselves to the problem which Black America is dying for. -- Black Tuesday is the day we must begin to take meaningful approaches to [those?] and still other problems. -- Students on campuses throughout the country will be meeting on Black Tuesday to organize meaningful programs for [their struggles?]. [handwritten] What are we boycotting classes to do?? TUESDAY 8:45 A.M. ALL UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION OLD CAPITOL 9:30 A.M. MEETING OF ALL STUDENTS TO: - Hear demands of black students on this campus. - Hear demands of [senate?] autonomy, regulation of students life. OLD CAPITOL - Hear [student's demands?] [illegible] the draft and the war. 11:30 A.M. AFRO-AMERICAN PANEL DISCUSSION ILLINOIS ROOM 2:30 P.M. FORMULATION AND PRESENTATION OF STUDENT DEMANDS: student autonomy, black culture, the draft, etc. 7:30 P.M. PANEL DISCUSSION "IS MCCARTHY-KENNEDY RELEVANT TO BURNING AMERICA AND VIETNAM?" Faculty spokesman for McCarthy Committee and Bernie Farber of Progressive Labor Party from Chicago. INDIANA ROOM Sponsored by SDS
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[handwritten] Boycott classes on Black Tuesday - Black Tuesday is the day of national mourning for Martin Luther King, Jr. - Black Tuesday is the day on which black leaders have called a national black workers' strike. - Black Tuesday is the day for us to BOYCOTT CLASSES to discuss the more important issues of racism, poverty, and exploitation in America. - Black Tuesday MUST BE the day to move beyond pious words while America is burning down. -- WE MUST address ourselves to the problem which Black America is dying for. -- Black Tuesday is the day we must begin to take meaningful approaches to [those?] and still other problems. -- Students on campuses throughout the country will be meeting on Black Tuesday to organize meaningful programs for [their struggles?]. [handwritten] What are we boycotting classes to do?? TUESDAY 8:45 A.M. ALL UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION OLD CAPITOL 9:30 A.M. MEETING OF ALL STUDENTS TO: - Hear demands of black students on this campus. - Hear demands of [senate?] autonomy, regulation of students life. OLD CAPITOL - Hear [student's demands?] [illegible] the draft and the war. 11:30 A.M. AFRO-AMERICAN PANEL DISCUSSION ILLINOIS ROOM 2:30 P.M. FORMULATION AND PRESENTATION OF STUDENT DEMANDS: student autonomy, black culture, the draft, etc. 7:30 P.M. PANEL DISCUSSION "IS MCCARTHY-KENNEDY RELEVANT TO BURNING AMERICA AND VIETNAM?" Faculty spokesman for McCarthy Committee and Bernie Farber of Progressive Labor Party from Chicago. INDIANA ROOM Sponsored by SDS
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