stop the draft week

20-Oct-67

Draft inductees -- including two African American men -- make their way from the bus to the Armed Services Induction Center in Oakland. Police and journalists stand nearby.

20-Oct-67

A line of California Highway patrolmen block the 16th Street entrance onto Clay Street in downtown Oakland.

20-Oct-67

Cars and trucks, staggered over the width of the road, sit with their tires deflated, effectively blocking traffic. This was presumably intented to thwart road access to the Armed Services...

20-Oct-67

Displaced tree planters and trash containers sit on the edge of a sidewalk in downtown Oakland.

20-Oct-67

Displaced tree planters sit on the edge of the sidewalk at the intersection of Washington and 14th Streets in downtown Oakland.

20-Oct-67

Two buses make their way towards the Armed Services INduction Center surrounded by cordons of Oakland Police officers and California Highway patrolmen.

20-Oct-67

Buses make their way towards the Armed Services Induction Center, escorted by Oakland Police officers and California Highway patrolmen.

19-Oct-67

Buses unload new inductees at the Oakland Armed Services Induction Center amid throngs of protesters.

19-Oct-67

A line of California Highway Patrolmen clear Clay Street of protesters.

19-Oct-67

Chartered buses move down Clay Street, surrounded by a cordon of Oakland police and California Highway patrol officers.

20-Oct-67

Photo of spray-painted or chalked figures drawn on pavement. Shows a hand with its fingers curled into a fist. A four-pointed peace sign circumscribed within a circe is also visible.

20-Oct-67

Photo of spray-painted or chalked grafitti on pavement. Words shown include: "The People =/= Cops," "Oct. 16-21" (the dates of Stop the Draft Week), "Love," "The American October."

20-Oct-67

Photo of spray-painted or chalked grafitti on pavement. Grafitti reads, "The American October."

20-Oct-67

Photo of spray-painted or chalked grafitti on pavement. Grafitti reads, "The American October."

19-Oct-67

Protest marchers fill the sidewalks outside of the Oakland Armed Services Induction Center.

19-Oct-67

Protest marchers fill the sidewalks outside of the Oakland Armed Services Induction Center.

19-Oct-67

Protest marchers fill the sidewalks outside of the Oakland Armed Services Induction Center.

19-Oct-67

Protest marchers fill the sidewalks outside of the Oakland Armed Services Induction Center.

19-Oct-67

Protest marchers fill the sidewalks outside of the Oakland Armed Services Induction Center.

19-Oct-67

Protest marchers fill the sidewalks outside of the Oakland Armed Services Induction Center.

19-Oct-67

Chartered buses move down Clay Street, surrounded by a cordon of Oakland police and California Highway patrol officers.

19-Oct-67

Buses unload new draft inductees at the Oakland Armed Services Induction Center amid throngs of protesters. Some protesters hold up the "peace" sign with their fingers.

19-Oct-67

Buses unload employees(?) at the Oakland Armed Services Induction Center amid throngs of protesters.

18-Oct-67

In front of Oakland's Armed Services Induction Center, police clear a path for a bus of draft inductees to disembark and enter the Center. In front of the bus, a police paddy wagon backs up so...

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