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Abbie Hoffman — Part 4
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Peace Mobilization
April 4 - 6, 1969
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capitalist racist system." D.C. 8s
12 and is in the "Red Book" on page 24.
law, independent of man's will
He urged support for the 21 BPP members arrested by
the NYCPD during the week and also praised Huey Newton of the ©
BPP and stated that the Panther 21, as well as Huey Newton
must be set free. D.C. stated that it was time to recognize
that the struggle in Vietnam and the struggle in America by
black people are all one struggle, a struggle against “capitalistic
imperialistic, racist pigs." He further said that "pigs are
standing in the way of history,” and that people will smash
these "pigs" and that the people must demonstrate that they did
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personified in the attacks against the BPP.
At approximately 6:03 p.m. the rally was terminated
by Ossie Davis, who urged the audience to go on and keep
"peace and power" in front of them.
Special Agents of the FBI estimated the size of the
parade as it passed the vicinity of 58th Street and the Avenue
of the Americas en route to Central Park numbered approximately
30,000 persons, the majority of whom were teenagers, high j
school youth and "hippie types." It was also noted that many
of the marchers on arriving at 59th Street adjacent to the ;
south side of Central Park did not enter the park but moved —
out of the line of march at that point. It was further noted
that the number of persons in Central Park adjacent to the
bandshell area constantly changed with people coming and going
and that at any one time the total number of persons in that : .
area and the area immediately surrounding the bandshell did ~
not exceed five to six thousand ‘persons.
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