Learn more about New York City’s role as a global city, New Yorkers’ participation in mobilizations around war and peace, and connections between local and international affairs.
On April 15, 1967, as many as 400,000 protesters marched from Central Park to the United Nations to demand an end to U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, with Martin Luther King Jr. leading the way. It was the largest antiwar demonstration in U.S. history to date.