Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 5 (V), 5/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 5 (V), 5/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

24

Description:

Solidarity Day, June 19, 1968; Solidarity Day chairmen Bayard Rustin and, later, Sterling Tucker; Dean Rusk's son, David Rusk, and his work on Solidarity Day; estimating the number of people expected for the Solidarity Day event; speeches by Ralph Abernathy and Reies Tijerina; plans to make a mule train part of Solidarity Day; arrangements to accommodate the mules going from Alexandria, Virginia, to Washington, D.C.; the condition of the mules; parading the mules after Solidarity Day; plans to impound the mules and arrest the drivers; Walter Fauntroy and the Humane Society's involvement with the mule train and where the mules eventually went; Washington, D.C. demonstrations against LBJ and/or Vietnam; legal demonstration locations; demonstration permit rules and how they are enforced.

Contributor:

Castro, Nash, 1920-

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Nash Castro

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details