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We’re closing our celebration of #ArchivesMonth with a focus on #ArchivesActivism and student activism on Grounds through the lens of our 1970 #MayStrikeInContext exhibition (on view now in Harrison/Small)
This online exhibit features oral history interviews, archival audio, and photographs from both our collections and @RareUVA. #marshalingmaydays #maystrikeincontext #1970uva#marshalingmaydays #maystrikeincontext #1970uva
Image source: Peter V. Lacouture, UVA Law Library
On Monday, May 11, 1970, 73% of the student body turned out to vote on the Strike and the nine demands. Follow the thread below for flyers posted around Grounds against and in favor of the strike, the referendum results, and other events of the day. #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
On Sunday afternoon, May 10, 1970, President Shannon addressed a crowd of 4,000 on the Lawn to explain his position and calm the still outraged student body. Find photos, audio of Shannon's speech, and more in the thread below. #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
ICYMI—UVAToday on the May Strike at #UVA—50 years ago. Includes coverage of @RareUVA "live" tweets & upcoming exhibition, and digital exhibition from @UVALawLibrary, coming soon. #maystrikeincontext #UVA1970
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Around 2 p.m. on Sat. May 9, 1970, a rally at the Rotunda was specially authorized by UVA President Edgar Shannon so that State Police would agree not to declare it an unlawful assembly. #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA Check our Instagram for more photos: https://t.co/hhtXQQQkCL
In the early morning hours on Saturday, May 9, 1970, 68 were arrested as Virginia State Police stormed the Lawn and Rugby Rd. This account, published by the Strike Committee ~7 a.m. was copied and made available from Strike headquarters on the Lawn: #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
#OTD in #1970UVA, Friday night was right for a second “Honk for Peace” underway at Rugby and University Ave. Follow this thread as we “live” tweet the May Strike story of 200 riot police storming Grounds, 68 arrests, and a Mayflower moving van. #maystrikeincontext
Tonight we’re live tweeting experiences of @UVALaw legal marshals on the 50th anniversary of the 1970 May strike arrests, drawn from alum interviews for our May Days Oral History Project. #marshalingmaydays #maystrikeincontext #1970uva 1/
Welcome back in time to Friday, May 8, 1970 + our attempt to "live" tweet the May Strike! If you're just joining, check out UVAToday's article to learn how we + @UVALawLibrary are marking the 1970 May Strike #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
Great article in UVAToday, about the May Strike at #UVA—50 years ago. Includes coverage of @RareUVA "live" tweets & upcoming exhibition, and digital exhibition from @UVALawLibrary, coming soon. #maystrikeincontext #UVA1970
https://t.co/acVFrc4fdo
Great article in UVAToday, about the May Strike at #UVA—50 years ago. Includes coverage of @RareUVA "live" tweets & upcoming exhibition, and digital exhibition from @UVALawLibrary, coming soon. #maystrikeincontext #UVA1970
https://t.co/acVFrc4fdo
Welcome back to May 7, 1970: a day of reassessment for the Strike, one that started quietly with reflection but would end in a “Honk for Peace” and a standoff with riot-gear clad state police. Follow along as we to “live-tweet” the 1970 May Strike! #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
It is 8:00 p.m.—the supposed start of the Bill Kunstler and Jerry Rubin address at University Hall. Tonight, follow this thread with audio, photos, and documents from our collections as we "live-tweet" the 1970 May Strike! #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
Hang on to your coats and ties (or bell bottoms and butterfly collars): Wednesday, May 6, 1970 was dubbed “Freedom Day” with an 11am rally at the Rotunda, free music, and free food. #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
Fifty years ago today, Student Council President James Roebuck presented the nine demands to President Edgar Shannon at 5:30 p.m. on the front steps of Alderman Library. To mark the occasion, we asked current student leaders and activists to read those nine demands:
Good morning! We continue to mark the fiftieth anniversary and live-tweet the 1970 May Strike today. President Shannon announced a Memorial Service for noon today, Tuesday, May 5, 1970 #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
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Midnight, Tuesday, May 5, 1970: Maury Hall, the Navy ROTC building on Grounds at UVA, was occupied by some 200+ student protestors. We continue to “live-tweet” the May Strike, marking the events on Grounds fifty years ago today. #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
10:30 p.m., Monday, May 4, 1970: 1,500 students converge at the Rotunda to protest the Kent State slayings and the war. Welcome back as we continue to live-tweet the May Strike, marking the events on Grounds fifty years ago. #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
Follow this thread today as we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the May Strike @UVA, following the events of the 1970 May Strike as they unfolded fifty years ago today, hour by hour. #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
12:24 p.m., Monday May 4, 1970: Four dead in Ohio. Members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students.
#KentStateMay4 #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
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