Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee Explained

The Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee was a coalition of organizations which coordinated events opposing the Vietnam War in the mid-1960s. It coordinated its constituent groups to stage anti-war parades, rallies, and "peace-ins" primarily in New York City.^[1] Named after Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, it was based on 17th Street near Union Square. At the start of 1968, it included about 150 groups.^[2] A rally and march it organized with the Spring Mobilization against the War in Vietnam in 1967 featured Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Benjamin Spock, and Dave Dellinger in Central Park.^[3]

Leader Norma Becker was a member of the established War Resisters League.Chairman David Dellinger later became known as one of the Chicago Eight.

References

1. Web site: (1961-1975). Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee -- Demonstrate Against The War. [Political sticker] ]. 2024-01-10 . Artstor . en.
2. Blumberg . Herbert H. . January 1968 . A Guide to Organizations, Books and Periodicals Concerned with Nonviolence . Sociological Inquiry . en . 38 . 1 . 77–93 . 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1968.tb00675.x . 0038-0245.
3. Web site: Museum of the City of New York - Join the Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam . 2024-01-10 . collections.mcny.org.