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This black and white photograph shows an anti-war rally on the steps of the state capitol in Topeka, Kansas. In the background, a banner reads "Pleading Kansas". The peaceful demonstration lead by university students was held protesting the United States' involvement in Cambodia asking Kansas Governor Robert Docking to call a special session of the legislature to consider an anti-war proposal. The proposed legislation would make it unlawful for Kansas citizens to fight outside the United States without a declaration of war by Congress. Governor Robert Docking met with students and accepted their petitions for the special session, but no further action was taken toward the request.
Date: May 13, 1970
Item Number: 213140
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.56 .1970 *10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213140
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Politics/Government
Built Environment - Building name - Kansas Capitol
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1970s - 1970
Education - Higher education - Students
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Democrat
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Peace
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Docking, Robert Blackwell
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Docking, Robert Blackwell, 1925-1983
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Sixties and Vietnam, 1961 - 1975 - Vietnam War
Type of Material - Photographs
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