draft

c.1968

The tri-fold information leaflet details the ways in which the draft, for the Vietnam war can be avoided. There are quotes from Frederick the Great and JFK, and the main subjects are as follows:...

Booklet, "I Would Like to Dodge the Draft Dodgers but... ," Edited by Frank H. Epp, printed by Conrad Press, Waterloo and Winnipeg, Canada, 1970.

1968

Paperback booklet, blue cover, Handbook for Conscientious Objectors, Tenth Edition, 1968. Contains information on the Selective Service System, how registration with the system works, what the...

This is a political booklet outlining Jerry Rubin's platform for mayor of Berkeley,

The front cover has brown and orange flowers and leaves. Written in brown, at the top, is "For Mayor of...

18-Dec-67

Clipping on back of photograph reads: "Anti-war demonstrators sit down across Clay Street to block buses bound for Oakland Armed Forces Induction Center." Many news cameramen are nearby,...

20-Oct-67

New inductees make their way from their bus into the Armed Services Induction Center in downtown Oakland. Police, journalists, and protesters occupy the scene.

20-Oct-67

A car with flattened tires blocks passage on Clay Street(?) in downtown Oakland.

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

Four counter-protesters try to remove a Volkswagen Beetle from the middle of a downtown road. The car had been left with its tires deflated as a roadblock for the buses on their way to the Armed...

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

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

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.

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