2010.54.11

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Viet Nam Day: May 21 & 22
1965
19.75 in HIGH x 14 in WIDE
(50.16 cm HIGH x 35.56 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.11

Printed in black at the bottom right of poster is "*The S.F. Mime troupe will present benefit performances of Bertolt Brecht's play "The Exception and the Rule" at Garfield High School in Berkeley on May 14, 15 and 16. Tickets are available at Campus Records in Berkeley Proceeds to help finance Vietnam Day." Along the left center edge is "1965" handwritten in ink.





Poster has an orange image on the upper right of three Vietnamese people. One is a man with a large brimmed hat, a woman with a head scarf and a young girl with long hair. Printed in black next to the image is, "Viet/ Nam/ Day/ may/ 21/ &/ 22." Under the image in small black printing is, "A Community Meeting/ A 30 hour educational protest sponsored by A.F.T. University of California (Berkeley) Faculty Local 1474- A.F.T. University of California Employed graduate students local 1570- Faculty peace committee (University of California at Berkeley) Starting at noon May 21 on the Berkeley Campus/ Speakers and entertainers include: U.S. Senator Greuning, I.F. Stone, Bob Parris (Bob Moses), Bob Scheer, Paul Krassner, William Stanton, Si Casady, "The Committee", Dave Dellinger, M.S. ARnoni, Colin Edwards, S.F. Mime Troupe, Paul Potter, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Noman Thomas, Kenneth Rexroth, Barbara Dane, Professor Staughton Lynd, Felix Greene, James Aronson and many others. If you want to help call Jerry Rubin 848-3158."

The client for this poster was A.F.T. (U.C. Berkeley), Viet Nam Day Committee. This was one of the earliest teach-ins on the Vietnam War. Note the "call Jerry Rubin" home phone number.

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