It’s important to kind’ve put it into some kind of historical perspective if we can," said Jennifer Dohrn, the sister of Bernardine Dohrn, a leader of the Weather Underground, who was on the FBI’s most wanted list at the time. " trying to figure out exactly what happened in Washington during the last two weeks and where we go from here. Two weeks after the May Day protests in Washington, DC, two young militants who had taken part in the demonstrations came to Antioch College to talk to students about revolution. And the WYSO Archives is rich with that audio.
All Things Considered, NPR’s flagship news program, was born May third, 1971, and among the stories that day, listeners heard correspondent Jeff Kamen report on defiant young anti-war protestors and frustrated police officers.Īll Things Considered was not heard on WYSO until two years later, but the WYSO staff and volunteers were busy collecting local stories during those uncertain days. More than 12,000 demonstrators were eventually arrested.Īmid the chaos in Washington, a new radio program went on the air. The Nixon administration reacted with force, and on the third day brought in ten thousand federal troops. Theirs was a more radical agenda.įor three days, protestors blocked intersections and bridges in DC, intending to shut down the federal government. The organizers believed that more peaceful protest methods of the past weren’t working.
Today on Rediscovered Radio, we return to early May 1971, when huge demonstrations were held in Washington DC, to protest the war in Viet Nam.
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