On Sunday afternoon, May 10, 1970, President Shannon addressed a crowd of 4,000 on the Lawn to explain his position and calm the still outraged student body. Find photos, audio of Shannon's speech, and more in the thread below. #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA

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"I know your anguish over the military involvement in Southeast Asia. I want to promptly end the war. I feel ... it is urgent that the national administration demonstrate renewed determination to end the war and unprecedented alienation of American youth caused by that conflict"

Listen to Shannon's speech, from our collection of the UVA Radio-Television Center Recordings (and recently digitized by our @UVaLibPreserve squad!):
http://avalon.lib.virginia.edu/media_objects/hh63sw00x

The first few pages from copy of Shannon's speech from the Papers Concerning the UVA Strike Committee (a great May Strike collection aggregated by Atcheson Hench):
https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u4235564