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Listen: The Blues ProgramVietnam War veteran and anti-war activist Ron Kovic with other veterans at a rally that occurred in Miami Beach during the 1972 GOP Convention.
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Photographer
Date
Date Note
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Collection
Series/Collection number: N2008- 14, Photographic collection, 1969-1976 ; Box 1, M00023-T1
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Subject Term
Political conventions--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
Social movements
Protest movements
Peace movements
Anti-war demonstrations
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
Public officers
Statesmen--United States
Politicians--United States
Legislators--United States
People with disabilities
Paralytics
Paraplegics
Political activists
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans
Pacifists
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Note standing in the middle wearing a tie is California Congressman Paul Norton "Pete" McCloskey Jr. He sought the Republican Presidential nomination on a pro-peace/anti-Vietnam War platform in 1972 but was defeated by incumbent President Richard Nixon.
Biographical Note
Born on 7/4/1946 Ron Kovic was paralyzed in 1968 while serving his country in the Vietnam War. He is best known as the author of the memoir "Born on the Fourth of July", which was made into an Academy Award-winning movie directed by Oliver Stone, with actor Tom Cruise playing Kovic.
Buckley's photography focused primarily on civil rights demonstrations, anti-war rallies, anti-nuclear demonstrations, and women's rights demonstrations.
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