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On Monday, May 11, 1970, 73% of the student body turned out to vote on the Strike and the nine demands. Follow the thread below for flyers posted around Grounds against and in favor of the strike, the referendum results, and other events of the day. #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA 
The @cavalierdaily published a list of polling places on Grounds:
Flyers and posters for and against the Strike were posted around Grounds (most via the Social Movements collection search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u38999…)
Fifty years ago, the May Strike protests erupted at @UVA: student activism & anti-war protests intertwined with the civil rights, women’s rights, & other progressive movements #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA
As we prepare our forthcoming exhibition and mark the fiftieth anniversary of the May Strike, over the next four weeks we will "live” tweet the events as they unfolded in 1970, day by day (sometimes hour by hour).
#OTD on April 21, 1970, the UVA chapter of the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC) announced the start of The Ten Days …
