NYC Anti-Nuclear Protests (1982)

Sat Jun 12, 1982

On this day in 1982, hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators held a huge rally and parade in Central Park and midtown Manhattan to oppose nuclear armament, one of the largest political demonstrations in U.S. history.

The parade and rally was a multi-racial and political coalition across a wide demographic, bringing together liberal pacifists, anarchists, children and Buddhist monks, Roman Catholic bishops and Communist Party leaders, university students, and union members, all together in the name of nuclear disarmament. The parade was over three miles long and had signs in dozens of languages.

The event was very peaceful, with no mention of violence or arrests reported by the New York Times. Despite the show of force, U.S. nuclear weapons programs were not limited until after the end of the Cold War, several years later.

• Date: 1982-06-12
• Learn More: www.nytimes.com, www.wnyc.org.
• Tags: #Protests.
• Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org