Photo shows a protest of the Vietnam war. The crowd is interracial. An African-American man is holding an American flag at the front of the marchers. Several people are holding signs that say "Stamp Out V.D.C." and one sign held up above the rest says "Win In Vietnam." The clipping on the back says, "Police Chief Edward M. Toothman got between marchers and anti-VDC demonstrators in background." Excerpt from Oakland Tribune, November 21, 1965, from article titled "10,000 in Orderly Anti-Viet Parade": "The big Viet Nam Day Committee protest demonstration in the Eastbay came and went Saturday and despite all pre-parade fears, it was orderly and without significant incident. ...An estimated 10,000 persons, broken into block-long units, marched from the University of California to Oakland's deFremery Park along city streets patrolled heavily by law-enforcement officers. They carried signs protesting U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia, chanted '''''We Shall Overcome' and other protest songs, and listened to truck-borne public address systems blare out anti-Viet Nam war slogans. The procession drew only scattered attention as it proceeded along the five-mile route through Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland. ...As the parade left Berkeley, a few dozen persons began walking in front carrying banners supporting the U.S. policy in Viet Nam and denouncing the VDC. The pro-Viet Nam ranks swelled to more than 400 persons, but they eventually were forced off the street by police officers." Another excerpt from an article from the same day tilted "Parade Abounds In Variety": "The Viet Nam Day march attracted thousands from all walks of life. Most came either to protest, or to watch. Others came to protest the protest. ...Marchers periodically were heckled, but few of those protesting U.S. policy acknowledged their dissenters. Several girls carried flowers and ferns as signs of the peaceful attitude of the march. Their songs ranged from 'We Will Overcome' to old favorites such as 'Down by the Riverside.' Oakland police ordered six young men on motorcycles from the front of the parade. They displayed 'Stamp Out VDC' signs. 'Win in Viet Nam' contingents usually managed to stay in front of the march, however, carrying such signs as 'Support Our Government,' 'Into The Bay, You Pig.' and '''Win in Viet Nam.'" **The VDC, or the Viet Nam Day Committee, was the group that instigated anti-Viet Nam protests in Berkeley during the 1960s. Edward M. Toothman was the Chief of Police of Oakland at this time. This photo was printed in the Oakland Tribune, November 21, 1965.