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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& #39;s speech, and more in the thread below. #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
We& #39;re live-tweeting the May Strike!
"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& #39;s speech, from our collection of the UVA Radio-Television Center Recordings (and recently digitized by our @UVaLibPreserve squad!
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The first few pages from copy of Shannon& #39;s speech from the Papers Concerning the UVA Strike Committee (a great May Strike collection aggregated by Atcheson Hench):
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