SCLC calls for War Against Repression: 1971

An 8 ½ x 11 flyer issued by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) headed by Ralph Abernathy calls on people to join the mule train sponsored by SCLC arriving in Washington, D.C. April 28, 1971.

The SCLC’s War Against Repression put forth demands calling for an end to hunger, jobs and income, justice, representative government, quality education, right to organize unions, and an end to the war in Vietnam.

It was the first major action by the SCLC in Washington, D.C. since Resurrection City in 1968.

The week between the massive antiwar rally April 24, 1971 and the onset of the Mayday demonstrations beginning May 1, 1971 were taken up by a week of demonstrations by the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

Vietnam Veterans Against the War staged a series of demonstrations prior to the April 24th rally meaning that the city was beset by three continuous weeks of anti-Vietnam War demonstrations culminating in the attempt by the Mayday Tribe to shut down the U.S. government through non-violent civil disobedience.

The SCLC and PCPJ conducted large-scale sit-ins outside the Selective Service Agency, Justice Department, and other government agencies. Hundreds were arrested during these protests prior to the mass arrest of an estimated 12,000 during the Mayday demonstrations.

President Richard Nixon would continue the war for another two years, although he continued to draw down troop levels the entire time.

The U.S. entered into the Paris Peace Accords in early 1973 ending the U.S. combat role. The war ended two years later when the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North) and Provisional Revolutionary Government (South) overran the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South) and re-unified the country.

For a PDF of this 8 ½ x 11, one-sided flyer, see washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1971-0...

For more information and related images, see www.flickr.com/gp/washington_area_spark/aGC13y

The original is held in the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections. Local Identifier SC_Frazier_F_0082a.

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Taken on: April 1, 1971

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