Photograph
Karl Armstrong
| Karl Armstrong with fist raised, one of four men responsible for the 1970 bombing of Sterling Hall. Photograph was taken in prison. Armstrong was apprehended in 1972 in Canada. Early on August 24th, 1970, a van loaded with six barrels of explosives blew up just outside the East Wing of Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison. The bombing was carried out by four men in protest of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. The bombing was directed against the Mathematics Research Center, a U.S.-Army-funded facility, which was located in the East Wing of Sterling Hall along with the physics and astronomy departments. "Army Math," as it was known, was despised by many antiwar activists who felt the center was contributing to the death and destruction in Southeast Asia through its research and had no place on a public university campus. |
| Image ID: | 33877 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1972 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Michael Fellner papers, 1959-1983 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
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| Men |
| Portrait photography |
| Mustaches |
| Indoor photography |
| Clothing and dress |
| Jails |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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