Huge Protests Staged in France Suppressed by Force

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Boulevard St. Michel, protestors and police facing off  photo (c) Agence France Press

In Paris, the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (UNEF), France's largest student union, along with the union of university teachers, staged a march to protest against police actions at the Sorbonne. More than 20,000 protesters marched towards the Sorbonne, and the police charged the crowd with batons. When some protesters created barricades and threw paving stones, the police respond with tear gas. Hundreds were arrested.
A demonstration in Paris on May 6, 1968. CreditFondation Gilles Caron, via Contact Press Images

In the Latin Quarter of Paris on May 6, 1968.CreditFondation Gilles Caron, via Contact Press Images



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