Protesting President Nixon's Expansion of the War and killings of Kent State Students in May, 1970

Title: Protesting President Nixon's Expansion of the War and killings of Kent State Students in May, 1970
Date: May 6, 1970
Description: About 1,000 people attended a rally in the free speech area to protest
President Richard Nixon’s decision to expand the Vietnam War, the four students who
were killed at Kent State, and the arrests of 16 people (including 3 faculty members)
during a West First Street mill-in at Chico State. Effigies of President Nixon, Gov.
Reagan, and Chico Police Chief James Evans, along with a 4th dummy dressed in a
Marine Corps uniform to represent the military, were strung on a wire between two trees.
Contributor: Summer Collins
Bibliographic Citation: UAC-001, Box 41, Folder 1, Chico Enterprise-Record, 1970-05-07

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