Anti-Draft Rally

Specter of Death leads the marchers. Photo courtesy of Bill Boyarsky

Duke student led protesters to the Durham Draft Board donned in the somber black robes of the specter of death. Across the country, these coordinated protests were designed to call attention to use of deadly toxins in Southeast Asia and the death of young draftees.

The Vietnam War was raging on the morning of March 18, 1970.  Instead of…