Photos: Vietnam War protests in Tucson
Several protests in Tucson by University of Arizona students and others against the war in Vietnam in the late 1960s.
"The Vietnam War," a documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, is on PBS-Tucson (KUAT-TV) and at pbs.org.
Vietnam War protests in Tucson
Anti-war demonstrators march their way to Tucson City Hall on January 15, 1968.
Vietnam War protests in Tucson
Anti-war demonstrators march their way to City Hall while policemen shadow them on January 15, 1968.
Vietnam War protests in Tucson
Anti-war demonstrators march their way to City Hall on January 15, 1968.
Vietnam War protests in Tucson
About three dozen anti-Vietnam war demonstrators march in front of the Selective Service headquarters, 129 S. Scott Ave., shortly before two busloads of pre-inductees depart for Phoenix for Army physicals yesterday. The demonstrators then made their way to City Hall, where they staged a brief protest on January 15, 1968.
Vietnam War protests in Tucson
Protestors march crossing Speedway at Country Club on January 15, 1968.
Vietnam War protests in Tucson
A University of Arizona student mails back his draft card to the Selective Service System while other anti-war demonstrators watch on October 20, 1967. The draft protest in front of the local Selective Service office at 129 S. Scott Ave. brought out about 60 demonstrators.
Vietnam War protests in Tucson
University of Arizona Dean of Men, Robert Svob, speaks to protestors against Dow Chemical on November 2, 1967.
Vietnam War protests in Tucson
Protestors against Dow Chemical, who are the same ones that picketed the local draft board, gathered in the U of A mall, and outside the Administration Building on November 2, 1967.
Vietnam War protests in Tucson
Protesting the draft and war after a demonstration downtown on December 5, 1967, University of Arizona graduate student David M. Rehfield holds aloft a burning paper he said was a daft reclassification document.
Vietnam War protests in Tucson
An inductee is forced to step over a sit-down blockade in order to report to the Selective Service offices on Scott Avenue for a trip to Phoenix to be sworn into the Army. Bedlam followed minutes later when inductees began boarding the bus on December 5, 1967.
Vietnam War protests in Tucson
Anti-draft demonstrators temporarily defied the takeoff of a busload of inductees from a downtown Scott Avenue departure point but the bus and a swarm of city policemen won out on December 5, 1967.
Rick Wiley
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