The Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee was a coalition of organizations which coordinated events opposing the Vietnam War in the mid-1960s. It coordinated its constituent groups to stage anti-war parades, rallies, and "peace-ins" primarily in New York City.[1] Named after Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, it was based on 17th Street near Union Square.[2] In 1967, they organized a rally and march with the Spring Mobilization against the War in Vietnam which featured Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Benjamin Spock, and Dave Dellinger in Central Park.[3] At the start of 1968, the committee included more than 100 groups.
Leader Norma Becker was a member of the established War Resisters League. Chairman David Dellinger later became known as one of the Chicago Eight.
References
[edit]- ↑ "(1961-1975). Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee -- Demonstrate Against The War. [Political sticker]". Artstor. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ↑ Blumberg, Herbert H. (January 1968). "A Guide to Organizations, Books and Periodicals Concerned with Nonviolence". Sociological Inquiry. 38 (1): 77–93. doi:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1968.tb00675.x. ISSN 0038-0245.
- ↑ "Museum of the City of New York - Join the Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam". collections.mcny.org. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
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