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Title: American University student response to Kent State shootings - Outs, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film features images of students and traffic around American University’s campus including the MPD presence around Ward Circle. One student is shown in handcuffs while others are shown giving the peace sign in front of a bus. This footage was not selected for the final version of the Strike film.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: Strike _Outs
Type: black-and-white film
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25218
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part one), May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Film begins with scenes of students protesting on American University’s campus and vicinity. Students are shown washing car windows around Ward Circle, approaching vehicles and giving drivers flyers. The Artemas Ward statue is shown covered in a sheet that reads "How Many More?" There is extensive footage of the interaction between the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and students including one arrest. The film follows the students as they head downtown including scenes outside Peace Corps office on Pennsylvania Ave. The students end up on the National Mall for a large rally and concert.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: AU_Teaching_Project_1
Type: black-and-white film
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55829
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part two), May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Film begins with a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance by the Bethesda/Chevy Chase Rescue Squad and Red Cross workers. The bulk of the film consists of scenes of students congregating on and around American University’s campus including signs for a variety of activities such as a memorial service and smoke-in and images of the MPD response including tear gas canisters spewing gas and students washing out each others eyes. Also featured is footage of a formal gathering in the amphitheater with AU President George Williams, various campus administrators, and Professor Adbul Said. Though the film includes interviews with students, the soundtrack is missing so the interviews cannot be heard.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: AU_Teaching_Project_2
Type: black-and-white film
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55828
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: American University students and guests in campus student center during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film shows the interior of Mary Graydon Center on American University’s Campus during the Kent State protests. Some students are seen hanging out in the lounge and on the stairs while others are sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags. This footage was not selected for use in final version of the Strike film.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: MGC_Sleeping_and_Waiting _Outs
Type: black-and-white film
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55097
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Concert held at American University during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film shows a concert held in the Woods-Brown Amphitheater at American University during the Kent State protests.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: Rally_and_Concert
Type: black-and-white film
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25217
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Demonstrate in Washington D.C.!
Date: 1970/1975
Description: Flier distributed by the New England Regional Students for a Democratic Society publicizing a demonstration at the Labor Department on Saturday May 9 in Washington, D.C. The demonstration demands the U.S. get out of Southeast Asia, stopping political repression, no ROTC and military recruitment on campuses, and support striking Teamsters.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Labor unions -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_F_0166
Type: fliers (printed matter)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:71035
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: G.I. Conference Forum Toward Action at American University
Date: 1971
Description: This flier publicizes the G.I. Conference Forum Toward Action at the American University on Saturday April 10, 1971. Speakers at the conference include Rennie Davis, Ron Dellums, representatives of the Student Mobilization Committee, and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. A free concert follows the conference, including performances by Barbara Dane, Beastly Times, and Sue Roemer.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Student strikes -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_F_0056
Type: fliers (printed matter)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70815
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Mass meeting; Laos invasion
Date: 1970/1975
Description: Flier publicizing a meeting, organized by the Workers League, in response to the U.S. invasion of Laos during the Vietnam War. The meeting aims to propose a strategy for a national student strike against the war and to fight for a general labor strike.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Labor unions -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_F_0165
Type: fliers (printed matter)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:71034
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: National Student Strike
Date: 1971
Description: Flier promoting the National Student Strike in Washington, D.C. on Saturday May 9, 1970 following the Kent State shootings. The flier explains student demands as being to end the war and get out of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, end all political repression, and cease university complicity with agencies of death and repression. The flier also explains American University student leafleting activities around Ward Circle and resulting police actions on Tuesday May 5 and Wednesday May 6, 1970.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Student strikes -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_F_0057
Type: fliers (printed matter)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70889
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: People's response to police
Date: 1971
Description: Poster depicting and describing the confrontation between student protesters and police on May 5, 1971 during an anti-war demonstration near the University of Maryland College Park campus. The Student Government Association of the University of Maryland College Park is seeking donations for the Community Bail Fund to support the legal defense of those who were arrested during the confrontation with police.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Police brutality -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_P_0041
Type: posters
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70793
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.