Preparation for Black rebellion in DC: 1967

The D.C. affiliate of Vietnam Summer issues a flyer in August 1967 announcing the formation of a “Committee of Emergency Support” in the event of a Black rebellion in the city.

The group adopted a statement of purpose:

“We are in sympathy with the despair of the Black people in America. We share their sense of powerlessness to relieve oppressive conditions by conventional political means. We are all frustrated in our attempts to control the decisions which affect our lives in the Capitol City. We are all victims.

“We are ready in an emergency to assist the Black community of Washington with food, housing, me3dical care, and legal aid. We are committed to act to remove repressive military and political intervention.”

The Committee said in the flyer that it was a non-membership group but included 40 doctors available on a 24-hour call to provide medical assistance to injured persons, law students and lawyers to provide legal aid, and individuals responsible for coordinating housing, collection and distribution of food and medical transportation.

A small rebellion broke out in the D.C,. Black community in August 1967 followed by a widespread uprising following the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968.

Vietnam Summer was a temporary coalition of a number of groups in 1967, but primarily backed by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) to convince non-student Americans to oppose the war in Vietnam.

The project expanded to 48 states and its newsletter Vietnam Summer News reached a circulation of 65,000 during its six-issue run. It was modeled after the 1964 civil rights Freedom Summer.

Two staff members paid by AFSC coordinated the national office while 26,000 volunteers worked in 700 local projects across the country.

The effort involved door-to-door canvassing, teach-ins, counseling on draft resistance, local antiwar demonstrations, working to get antiwar referenda on the ballot, and the dissemination of antiwar literature.

The group published six issues of its newsletter during the summer of 1967 and the group disbanded thereafter, although many local efforts continued.

The flyer was signed by Shirley Cowgill and Sue Orrin from Vietnam Summer.

For a PDF of this 8 ½ x 11, one-sided flyer, see washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/11zon_...

For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsk4zGPDw

Donated by Robert “Bobbo” Simpson

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Taken on: August 1, 1967

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