EVENT INFORMATION

30
May
1969

Police violence turns the march into a wider uprising

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๐Ÿ“… 30 May 1969 ๐Ÿ“ Curacao

At the police cordon in Kerkstraat, Papa Godett was shot in the back while trying to calm the crowd. Manuel Gutierrez and Orlando Gerardina were killed; demonstrators moved into Punda and Otrobanda. The archive records both the violence and the uprisingโ€™s broader social grievances.

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