Program about Anti-War Demonstration on President Richard Nixon 2nd Inauguration
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- Contributing Organization
- WYSO (Yellow Springs, Ohio)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/27-125q814x6f
- Description
- This program covers the anti-war demonstration that took place in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 1973 to protest President Richard Nixon's second inauguration and the Vietnam War. The demonstration was titled a "March Against Death and for Peace." This program included commentaries from the following activists: Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912-December 26, 1976), a Democrat from Michigan elected in 1959 to serve in the U.S. Senate; Paul Norton Pete McCloskey, Jr. (b. September 29, 1927), a Republican from California elected in 1967 to serve in the U.S House of Representatives; and Philip Francis Berrigan (October 5, 1923-December 6, 2002), a peace activist involved in a number of high profile anti-war protests. Berrigan served several prison sentences for his civil disobedience. Also includes Barbara Roberts, M.D. (b. 1944), an activist in the women's movement who co-founded the Women's National Abortion Action Coalition and completed her residency at Yale New Haven Hospital; Barry Romo, a member of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War; Jerry Gordon, Cleveland lawyer, anti-war activist, and member of the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC); and Bella Savitsky Abzug (July 24, 1920-March 31, 1998), a lawyer from New York elected in 1971 to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a social activist, Savitsky co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus.
- Created
- 1973-01-20
- Asset type
- Program
- Subjects
- Vietnam War; Demonstrations
- Creator
- Putman, Steve, Co-Producer
- Contributor
- WYSO FM 91.3 Public Radio, Wardrobe
- Berrigan, Daniel, Interviewee
- Media type
- Sound
- Duration
- 0:52:34
- Citation
- Chicago: “ Program about Anti-War Demonstration on President Richard Nixon 2nd Inauguration ,” 1973-01-20, WYSO, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (WGBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 19, 2018, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_27-125q814x6f.
- MLA: “ Program about Anti-War Demonstration on President Richard Nixon 2nd Inauguration .” 1973-01-20. WYSO, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (WGBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 19, 2018. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_27-125q814x6f>.
- APA: Program about Anti-War Demonstration on President Richard Nixon 2nd Inauguration . Boston, MA: WYSO, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (WGBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_27-125q814x6f