Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in St. Paul

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in St. Paul

Dr. Martin Luther King speaking against war in Vietnam, St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota, April 27, 1967. Photograph by St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in St. Paul

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in St. Paul

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking against war in Vietnam, St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota, April 27, 1967. Photograph by St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Dinkytown

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Dinkytown

Anti-Vietnam demonstration in Dinkytown, April 11, 1967. Photograph by St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press.

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Dinkytown

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Dinkytown

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Dinkytown, April 11, 1967. Photograph by St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press.

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Dinkytown

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Dinkytown

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Dinkytown, April 11, 1967. Photograph by St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press.

Anti-Vietnam War Movement, 1963–1973

During the Second Indochinese War between communist North Vietnam and US-backed South Vietnam (1955‒1975), the US government escalated American involvement in Southeast Asia. In response, anti-war activists and university students in Minnesota, along with demonstrators across the nation, took to the streets to protest.

“Tony Passes,” 1931.

“Tony Passes,” 1931.

Originally published in 1931, “Tony Passes” was published by multiple newspapers following Peterson’s death from complications of tuberculosis a year later. Moe, Lawrence. “The Poetry of Colorado Pete.” Shevlin, MN: Clearwater County Historical Society, 2008.

Arthur Peterson

Arthur Peterson

Arthur Peterson weaving with a peg loom during one of his convalescent periods, ca. early 1930s. Moe, Lawrence. “The Poetry of Colorado Pete.” Shevlin, MN: Clearwater County Historical Society, 2008.

“Nothing Will Matter,” 1930.

“Nothing Will Matter,” 1930.

Originally published in March of 1930, “Nothing Will Matter” displays Peterson’s frequent themes of lost love and melancholy. Moe, Lawrence. “The Poetry of Colorado Pete.” Shevlin, MN: Clearwater County Historical Society, 2008.

“Mother’s Memory Quilt,” 1929

“Mother’s Memory Quilt,” 1929

Peterson wrote this poem from a hospital in Arizona for his mother while she was gravely ill in Minnesota in hopes that she would see it in the Chicago Tribune. She didn’t live to see “Memory Quilt;” it was coincidentally published on the day of her funeral. Moe, Lawrence. “The Poetry of Colorado Pete.” Shevlin, MN: Clearwater County Historical Society, 2008.

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