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Protest and social movements

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Wihera Woodstock West Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: M473
Abstract

Richard Wihera (BA, 1973) was a Mass Communications undergraduate during the Woodstock West protest in 1970 working as a reporter with DUTV, a closed circuit television station for the University of Denver campus run by the Mass Communications department. Wihera had a press pass and this allowed him to take photographs sometimes behind police lines. The collection consists of slides of photographs taken at the University of Denver during the Woostock West protest.

Dates: Other: May 5th-13th 1970

University of Denver Woodstock West Protesters Outside General Classroom Building, May 5th-13th 1970

 Item
Identifier: M473.0001.0001.00003
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) students and protesters gather outside of the General Classroom Building as part of a multi-day Vietnam War protest nicknamed "Woodstock West" that took place both on the DU campus and downtown Denver, Colorado. Protesters mourn the killings of four students on the Kent State University campus days earlier.

Dates: May 5th-13th 1970