Prior to late 1967, anti-Vietnam War sentiment in Atlanta was largely unorganized and invisible to the public. With the founding of The Great Speckled Bird, this perception would change, and anti-war activists from around the city and region would find a voice in the paper. The pages of The Bird continue to testify to the importance of this movement in Atlanta and the nation as a whole.
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Days Action Committee march to bring home the GI’s from Vietnam, August 8, 1970, V003-700808-A007, Tom Coffin PhotographsMarchers gather during an Anti-War Demonstration through downtown Atlanta, Georgia holding signs against the Vietnam War on April 18, 1970. (Tom Coffin, V003-710605-A15)Students for a Democratic Society leader Bernardine Dohrn speaks at the Nagasaki Day rally in Grant Park, 1968, V003-680809-A018, Tom Coffin Photographs “Anti-draft demo” at the Fulton County Selective Service Board offices, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 1971.
